Ethyl 2,4-dimethylnicotinate → 2,4-Dimethyl-3-pyridinemethanol

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To the suspension of LAH (0.95 g, 25 mmol) in THF (100 mL), ethyl 2,4-dimethylpyridine-3-carboxylate (1.5 g, 8.4 mmol) was added dropwise as a solution in THF (10 mL) at 0° C. After 30 minutes, the reaction was quenched by addition of acetone/water and then more water (100 mL) was added. The mixture was extracted with DCM (3×100 mL), dried over magnesium sulfate, and evaporated to provide (2,4-dimethylpyridin-3-yl)methanol, which was used in the next step without any further purification.

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