Ethanol → 4-Pyridinone,3-OH-2-Me

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4.2 g (14.5 mmol) of 2-methyl-3-benzyloxypyridine-4(1H)-one of glycerol is put into the mixture of 54 mL ethanol—6 mL H2O, and 0.11 g of Pd/C at 10% is added. The reaction medium is subjected to catalytic hydrogenolysis under agitation at room temperature for 24 hours. At the end of this hydrogenolysis, the reaction medium is filtered. The filtered Pd/C is washed with EtOH; then the filtrate is evaporated under reduced pressure. The solid residue is re-crystallized in a MeOH-ethyl acetate mixture to obtain 2.05 g (10.3 mmol) of 2-methyl-3-hydroxypyridine-4(1H)-one of glycerol, which is pure at chromatographic and NMR analyses. Yield: 71%.

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