Methyl 5-aminopyridine-3-carboxylate → (5-Aminopyridin-3-yl)methanol

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5-Amino-nicotinic acid methyl ester (5.7 g, 30.2 mmol) was dissolved in THF (150 ml) and LiAlH4 (1M in THF solution 133 ml, 133 mmol) added slowly at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 21 h. The reaction mixture was quenched and acidified to pH 3 using dilute HCl, and basified (pH 8) using solid Na2CO3. Solvents were removed under reduced pressure. The residue was filtered through silica gel using 20% MeOH/DCM yielding the product 3.8 g, (100%) with LCMS purity 97%, m/z 125 [M++H]+, by ELS.

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