Methyl 4-methoxy-3,5-dimethylpicolinate → 3,5-Dimethyl-2-hydroxymethyl-4-methoxy-pyridine

Participants

Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

Lithium aluminum hydride (0.94 g, 25.4 mmol) was dissolved in 100 ml of absolute THF and added in a dropwise manner to a stirred solution of compound 8 (2.5 g, 12.82 mmol) in 20 ml of THF at 0° C. The mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 2 hr. Excess LiAlH4 was then destroyed with ethyl acetate. The combined organic phases were dried, filtered, and evaporated in vacuo to give compound 9 (1.1 g, 50% yield). It gave same analytic data as those of an authentic sample.

Provenance & Evidence