Acetic Anhydride → HCID 86636108, compound

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A mixture of boron trifluoride etherate (667 μL, 5.3 mmol) and 1,2-dimethoxyethane (2 mL) was cooled to −15° C. in an ice/acetonitrile bath and stirred at this temperature for 15 min under nitrogen. A solution of 3-amino-6-chloro-2-picoline (Oakwood Products, Inc., West Columbia, S.C., USA; 500 mg, 3.5 mmol) in 1,2-dimethoxyethane (16 mL) was added dropwise at −15° C. and the mixture was stirred at this temperature for 15 min. tert-Butyl nitrite (Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., USA 1.15 mL, 4.2 mmol) was added dropwise and the mixture was stirred at −15° C. for 15 min and then at 0° C. (ice/water bath) for 1 h. Hexane (20 mL) was added and the precipitate was filtered off and washed with hexane. This solid was added to acetic anhydride (5.00 g, 49 mmol) and the mixture was heated at 100° C. for 2 h. The acetic anhydride was evaporated under high vacuum and then 1 M aqueous sodium carbonate was added to pH 9. The mixture was stirred, and then extracted three times with dichloromethane. The solvent was evaporated and the residue purified using a silica gel column, eluting with 0-10% ethyl acetate) to give acetic acid 6-chloro-2-methyl-pyridin-3-yl ester (316 mg, 49%) as an oil.

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