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HRID 247924Generated: October 26, 2026

Acetic Anhydride → 3-(Acetamidomethyl)pyridine

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantAcetic AnhydrideHCID 7918—
Reactant3-PyridinemethanamineHCID 31018—
Catalyst4-(Dimethylamino)pyridineHCID 14284—
SolventPyridineHCID 1049—
Product3-(Acetamidomethyl)pyridineHCID 2735225—

Reaction Steps

The title compound is prepared by the procedure of Example 12 using 50 g of 3-(aminomethyl)pyridine, 50.2 ml of acetic anhydride, 2.26 g of 4-dimethylaminopyridine and 150 ml of pyridine without heating at reflux. The residue is purified by column chromatography (silica gel:20% methyl alcohol/ethyl acetate) to give 31.8 g of the desired product as a yellow oil.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05208247
Source datasetuspto-grants-1993_05
ORD IDord-9c4750ba11854a57bec17790b9b6df05
Source noteuspto-grants-1993_05