Diethyl Carbonate → 3-Methyl-2-pyridineacetic acid ethyl ester

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To a mixture of 10.72 g of 2,3-lutidine and 150 ml of tetrahydrofuran was added 63 ml of n-butyllithium (1.6 mol/L hexane solution) at room temperature. Into the mixture, a mixture of 11.81 g of diethyl carbonate and 50 ml of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran was added dropwise at −70° C. The mixture was heated up to room temperature. The reaction mixture was added to ice-cooled ammonium chloride aqueous solution, and extracted with tert-butyl methyl ether. The organic layer was washed with saturated brine, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, then, concentrated under reduced pressure. 16.16 g of the resultant residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography, to obtain 6.31 g of ethyl (3-methyl-2-pyridyl)acetate.

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