Acetic Anhydride → (4-methoxypyridin-2-yl)methyl Acetate

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To 2-methyl-4-methoxypyridine-N-oxide (23 g, 0.165 mole) in a 1 liter wide necked flask fitted with a large condenser was added ice-cool acetic anhydride (35 ml, 0.37 mole) with stirring. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature whereupon a vigorous exothermic reaction occurred. The dark mixture was stirred for 1 hour before evaporating the excess acetic anhydride and distilling the residue to give the title compound (23.26 g, 78%), b.p. 125° C. at 0.1 mm mercury.

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