Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 86615870, compound

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(E)-3-(5,6-Dichloro-pyridin-3-yl)-acrylic acid methyl ester (1.54 g, 7 mmol) was suspended in MeOH (20 ml) and aqueous sodium hydroxide (1.1 ml, 6M, 7 mmol) added. The mixture was heated to reflux for 20 min after which time the reaction was concentrated, the residue taken up in water and the pH adjusted to 1 by addition of 1M HCl. The product could then be isolated by filtration affording the title compound (1.11 g, 77%) as a white solid. MS: 216.0 (M−H−2Cl).

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