4-Pyridinecarboxaldehyde → HCID 67726470, compound

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Reaction Steps

n-Butyllithium (25 ml of a 1.6M solution in hexane, 40 mmol) was added dropwise to a stirred suspension of 2-hydroxyethyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (7.74 g, 20 mmol) in THF (50 ml) at −70° C. and the mixture allowed to warm to −30° C. and stirred for 2 hours. 4-Pyridinecarboxaldehyde (2.16 g, 20 mmol) was added to the resulting red solution and the mixture stirred for 1 hour at −30° C. and then cooled to −70° C. n-Butyllithium (12.5 ml of a 1.6M solution in hexane, 20 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture stirred at −70° C. for 1 hour. The mixture was quenched with isopropanol and allowed to warm to ambient temperature. Saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution was added, the organic layer separated and the aqueous layer extracted with ethyl acetate (3×50 ml). The combined extracts were washed with brine and dried (MgSO4) and the volatiles removed by evaporation. The residue was purified by column chromatography eluting with ethyl acetate to give 4-(3-hydroxyprop-2-en-1-yl)pyridine

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