N-methyl-3-nitropyridine-2-carboxamide → 3-Amino-N-methylpicolinamide

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To N-methyl-3-nitropicolinamide (3.0 g, 16.6 mmol) in methanol (150 mL) was added Pd/C (10% Pd in carbon, 0.45 g, 15 wt %) under argon. Hydrogen balloon was used as the hydrogen source. The reaction was stirred at room temperature overnight. The mixture was filtered through celite and the celite pad was washed several times. The solvent was removed to obtain the desired product (quantitative yield).

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