Aluminium lithium hydride → [6-(Dimethylamino)pyridin-3-yl]methanol

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A solution of methyl 6-dimethylamino-nicotinate (4.14 g, 23.0 mmol) in anhydrous ether (80 mL) at 0° C. was treated with lithium aluminum hydride (1 M in ether, 20 mL, 20 mmol). The mixture was stirred at rt for 0.5 h, cooled again to 0° C. and quenched slowly with sat. aq. NaHCO3 (10 mL). The resulting mixture was stirred at rt for 0.5 h, filtered, and washed with ether. The combined filtrates were dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated to give the title compound as a beige waxy solid (3.5 g, 100%). MS (EST), (M+H)+ 153.4; 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 8.06 (d, 1H, J=2.4), 7.47 (dd, 1H, J=2.4, 8.8), 6.45 (d, 1H, J=8.8), 4.50 (s, 2H), 3.06 (s, 6H), 1.98 (br s, 1H).

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