Hydrochloric Acid → Ethyl 6-hydroxynicotinate

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To a suspension of 6-hydroxy-nicotinic acid (5.00 g, 35.9 mmol) in ethanol (60 mL) was added 1N hydrochloric acid (20 mL), which was then stirred at 110° C. for 3 hours. The reaction solution was cooled to 0° C., then, an aqueous solution of saturated sodium bicarbonate was added, the solution was extracted with ethyl acetate and tetrahydrofuran, and the organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated in vacuo, the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate), and the title compound (3.90 g, 23.3 mmol, 65%) was obtained as a white solid.

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