Dimethyl Sulfoxide → 2-(Pyridin-3-yloxy)acetamide

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To a mixture of 2-(pyridin-3-yloxy)acetonitrile (100 mg, 0.75 mmol), K2CO3 (103 mg, 0.75 mmol) and DMSO (0.1 mL) in H2O (2 mL) was added H2O2 (0.1 mL, 30%) dropwise in an ice bath and the mixture was stirred at rt for 5 min. It was then concentrated in vacuo and the residue was purified by a silica gel column chromatography (EtOAc) to give the title compound as a white solid (62.2 mg, 55%).

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