Dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal → 4-[[(Dimethylamino)methylene]amino]-3-pyridinol

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A solution prepared from of 4-amino-3-pyridinol (1.10 g) and 10 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal was refluxed for 30 minutes. At the end of this time, the reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue was passed over a short column of florisil, eluting with 5% methanol/ethyl acetate. The eluate was concentrated and the residue and recrystallized from ethyl acetate/pentane to afford 0.91 g of analytically pure product, m.p. 121°-123°.

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