Hydrochloric Acid → 5-Cyclopropyl-6-((R)-3-hydroxy-1-trifluoromethyl-propoxy)-pyridine-2-carboxylic acid

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6-Chloro-5-cyclopropyl-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid (CAN 1211530-95-8; 100 mg, 506 μmol), (R)-4,4,4-trifluorobutane-1,3-diol (219 mg, 1.52 mmol) and potassium tert-butoxide (114 mg, 1.01 mmol) were combined with DMF (2 mL) to give a white suspension. The reaction mixture was heated to 140° C. and stirred for 20 h. After cooling the mixture was poured into cold 1 M HCl (15 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×75 mL). The phases were combined, dried with Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by preparative HPLC to give the title compound (12 mg, 7.8%) and its regioisomer; MS (EI) 304.2 (M+H)+.

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