Ammonium Acetate → 5-methyl-2-oxo-1H-1,6-naphthyridine-3-carbonitrile

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The above preparation was also carried out using ammonium acetate in place of formamidine acetate as follows: A mixture containing 1.305 kg of 1,2-dihydro-6-(2-dimethylaminoethenyl)-2-oxo-3-pyridinecarbonitrile, 9 liters of dimethylformamide and 915 g of ammonium acetate was refluxed for five hours The reaction suspension was cooled to 5° C. for three hours and the precipitated product was collected, washed twice with cold 60/40 by volume of dimethylformamide/water, twice with cold ethanol, once with ether and dried to yield 826 g of 1,2-dihydro-5-methyl-2-oxo-1,6-naphthyridine-3-carbonitrile, m.p. 75°-277° C.

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