Ethyl Acetate → 5-Methoxy-6-nitropicolinic acid

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To a suspension of 3-methoxy-6-methyl-2-nitropyridine (7 g, 0.041 mol) in water (140.0 mL) was added KMnO4 (32.88 g, 0.208 mol, S.d.fine chemicals, India) at 80° C. The reaction mixture was stirred for 16 h at 100° C. After completion of the reaction (monitored by TLC, 50% EtOAc in hexane), the reaction mixture was filtered and the solids were washed with water. The filtrate was acidified and extracted with EtOAc (500 mL×2). The organic layers were then dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the title compound as an off white solid. 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 13.6 (br. s., 1H), 8.39 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 8.09 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 4.06 (s, 3H). MS (ESI, positive ion) m/z: 199 (M+H).

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