Ethyl (chloroformyl)acetate → HCID 178469635, compound

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2-Aminopyridin-4-ol (3 g, 27 mmol) was dissolved in ethanol (90 mL) in 250 mL round bottom flask. Ethyl 2-chloro-3-oxopropanoate (5% in benzene; 130 mL; Commercial solution from Toronto Research Chemicals Inc.) was added and the mixture refluxed for 10 hours. Reaction was concentrated and triturated with ethyl acetate before drying under high vacuum to give ethyl 7-hydroxyimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-carboxylate as a beige solid (829 mg).

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