Sodium Hydroxide → tert-Butyl 5-(hydroxymethyl)pyridin-2-ylcarbamate

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To 4.6 mL (4.6 mmol) of a 1M solution of lithium aluminum hydride in diethyl ether at −40° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere, was added a solution of 618 mg (2.3 mmol) of ethyl 6-(tert-butyloxycarbonylamino)nicotinate from part B in 40 mL of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran. After the addition, this was warmed to room temperature, stirred for 3 hours, cooled to 0° C., and 145 μL of water, 145 μL of 20% sodium hydroxide solution and 290 μL of water were successively added. To the resulting mixture was added 50 mL of tetrahydrofuran and stirring continued for 30 minutes. Anhydrous magnesium sulfate was added, the solids removed via filtration and the filtrate concentrated under reduced pressure to afford 460 mg of the desired product, m/e=224 (M+), which was used directly in the next step.

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