Nicotinic Acid → HCID 13773415, compound

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 10 g of nicotinic acid (0.08 mol), 25 g of thionyl chloride (0.21 mol), 1.5 ml of dimethylformamide and 200 ml of benzene was refluxed in an eggplant type flask for 3 hours. The solvent was removed by distillation. To the residue were added 20.8 g (0.16 mol) of 2-ethylhexyl alcohol and benzene, and the mixture was refluxed for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into a saturated aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate. The benzene layer was separated, washed successively with a saturated sodium bicarbonate aqueous solution, water and a saturated sodium chloride aqueous solution, dried over sodium sulfate and distilled to remove the solvent. The residue was purified by distillation under reduced pressure and column chromatography to obtain 9.1 g (70%) of 2-ethylhexyl nicotinate.

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