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HRID 1924972Generated: October 25, 2026

Ammonium formate → N-(5-aminopyridin-2-yl)-2-phenylacetamide

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantAmmonium formateHCID 2723923—
ReactantN-(5-nitropyridin-2-yl)-2-phenylacetamideHCID 4350143—
CatalystPalladiumHCID 23938—
SolventEthanolHCID 702—
SolventEthyl AcetateHCID 8857—
ProductN-(5-aminopyridin-2-yl)-2-phenylacetamideHCID 43144587—

Reaction Steps

A solution of N-(5-nitropyridin-2-yl)-2-phenylacetamide (4.35 g, 16.9 mmol) in EtOH (75 mL) and EtOAc (75 mL) is stirred at rt and ammonium formate (4.27 g) and 10% Pd/C (500 mg) are added. The mixture is heated at reflux for 30 min, cooled, filtered through celite and evaporated to afford the title compound as an off-white solid which was used without further purification.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08178530B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2012_05
ORD IDord-68ab21eba2024c3e896a6a776b240239
Source noteuspto-grants-2012_05