Sodium Hydroxide → 3-(4-Pyridylmethylthio)pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid

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3-(4-Pyridylmethylthio)pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (0.21 g, 0.80 mmol, Reference compound No. 16-1) was dissolved in methanol (4.0 mL), a 1 N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (4.0 mL) was added thereto, and then the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 7 hours. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure, water was added to the resulting residue, and then the mixture was adjusted to approximately pH 5 with 1N hydrochloric acid under ice-cooling. The precipitated solid was filtered off to give 0.17 g of the title reference compound as a red solid. (Yield 85%)

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