Pyridine-2-carbonitrile → HCID 59750338, compound

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A mixture of 5-methyl-2-mercaptobenzoic acid (1.60 g, 9.5 mmol), 2-cyanopyridine (1.10 g, 10.1 mmol) and pyridine (20.0 ml) was refluxed for 8 hrs as described in Example 9. After cooling, the precipitated crystals were collected by filtration and recrystallized from hexane-ethanol to give the titled compound (1.04 g, 43%).

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