Water → 4-[[(6-chloropyridin-3-yl)methyl](methyl)amino]furan-2(5H)-one

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To a suspension of 18 g of 4-(methoxycarbonyl)-5-oxo-2,5-dihydrofuran-3-ol and 15 g of N-[(6-chloropyridin-3-yl)methyl]methylamine in 210 ml of butyronitrile are added, at room temperature, 16 g of potassium hydrogensulphate. The mixture is stirred at a temperature of 115° C. for 5 hours. Subsequently, the mixture is cooled to room temperature and admixed with 150 ml of water and 70 ml of dichloromethane. The organic phase is removed and the aqueous phase is extracted twice with 70 ml each time of methylene chloride. The combined organic phases are concentrated to dryness. 24 g of 4-[[(6-chloropyridin-3-yl)methyl](methyl)amino]furan-2(5H)-one are obtained in a purity of 88% (this corresponds to 92% yield).

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