Formic Acid → HCID 21846110, compound

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 3-(4-pyridinylmethoxy)benzonitrile (2.5 g, 0.012 mol) in 75% formic acid (35 ml) was treated with raney nickel (2 g) and heated to reflux for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered through SUPERCELL®, the filtrate was brought to a pH of 8-9 with 5N NaOH, extracted with EtOAc (3×150 ml) and the combined organic layers were dried over MgSO4, filtered and stripped. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with EtOAc (100%) to afford 0.94 g (37%) of 3-(4-pyridinylmethoxy)benzaldehyde.

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