Sodium borohydride → Diethyl 5-(2-bromo-1-hydroxyethyl)-1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-2,3-pyridinedicarboxylate

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Sodium borohydride (2.54 g, 0.066 mol) is added in portions over a 30 minute period to a stirred suspension of diethyl 5-(bromoacetyl)-1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-2,3-pyridinedicarboxylate (57.2 g, 0.159 mol) at 10°-20° C. Upon completion of the sodium borohydride addition, the reaction mixture is stirred while attaining room temperature. Ice (100 g) is added and the mixture stirred until the ice has melted. The mixture is then concentrated in vacuo and the residue crystallized twice from an ethyl acetate-hexane mixture to give pure diethyl 5-(2-bromo-1-hydroxyethyl)-1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-2,3-pyridinedicarboxylate mp 134°-138° C.

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