Triethylamine → Ethyl 2-[(3-nitropyridin-2-YL)amino]acetate

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A solution of 2-chloro-3-nitropyridine (50 g, 0.315 mole), glycine ethyl ester hydrochloride (220 g, 1.58 mole), and triethylamine, (155 g, 1.53 mole) in 1 liter of absolute ethanol was stirred and heated to reflux overnight. The reaction mixture was evaporated to a solid mass, which was partitioned between water and ethyl acetate. The aqueous layer was separated and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×). The combined ethyl acetate layer was evaporated to an oil, which was dried by azeotropic distillation with benzene. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (8 cm×27 cm column) by elution with 5% methanol/95% benzene. The appropriate fractions totaled 59.2 g of the title product, m.p. 38°-9° C.

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