Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 68751257, compound

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A mixture of resorcinol (2.2 g, 20 mmol), 3-pyridin-2-yl-propionic acid sulphuric acid salt (5 g, 20 mmol) and 50 ml boron trifluoride diethyl etherate (BF3.Et2O) was stirred at 90 C for 5 hours under N2 (monitored by TLC). The reaction mixture was poured into 10% aqueous NaOAc solution and allowed to stand for 30 min and the solution was neutralized to pH=7 by 1M HCl and was extracted with EtOAc (3×50 ml). The combined EtOAc layer was washed with water, brine and dried over Na2SO4. The residue obtained after evaporation of the solvent was chromatographed over silica gel column using hexane-EtOAc mixture (1:1) as eluent to give mixture of products, which was then recrystallized in hot MTBE/Hex to afford final product (24%) with >97% purity.

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