Sodium Methoxide → 2-(6-Amino-2-pyridyl)ethanethiol

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6-(2-Acetylthioethyl)-2-pyridylamine (0.56 g) was dissolved in methanol (10 ml). To the solution was added, at 0° C., sodium methylate (a 4.9N methanol solution, 0.58 ml), and the mixture was stirred for 30 minutes. To the reaction mixture was added iN hydrochloric acid (2.85 ml), followed by concentration under reduced pressure. To the concentrate was added ethyl acetate (10 ml), which was subjected to extraction. The extract solution was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, followed by concentration to leave the title compound as an oily product (0.43 g).

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