Pyridine → HCID 13194899, compound

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Reaction Steps

25.5 g of chromic oxide were added in small fractions at 15° to 20° C. to a solution of 41 ml of pyridine in 400 ml of anhydrous methylene chloride and the mixture was stirred for 15 minutes and was then cooled to -15° C. A solution of 4.3 g of the product of Step G in 10 ml of methylene chloride was added thereto and after 90 minutes, 50 g of celite and 100 ml of ether were added. The mixture was filtered and the filtrate was washed with ether and evaporated to dryness at 30° C. to obtain methyl (5RS) 2-methoxy-5-formyl-1-cyclopentene-carboxylate.

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