m-Chloroperbenzoic acid → Methyl 2-methylnicotinate 1-oxide

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Methyl 2-methylpyridine-3-carboxylate (10 g, 66.2 mmol) was taken up in DCM (140 mL) and mCPBA (16.31 g, 72.8 mmol) was added. The resulting mixture was allowed to react at room temperature overnight and then purified directly by silica gel chromatography (0-20% MeOH-EtOAc) to afford the title compound as a beige solid.

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