Hydrogen Peroxide → 4-Propylpicolinonitrile

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To 4-propylpyridine (TCI) (2.5 g, 20 mmol), 30% hydrogen peroxide (2.4 g) was added and refluxed overnight. The solvent was removed and the resulting residue was taken in DCM (30 mL). Trimethylsilyl cyanide (2.6 g, 26 mmol) was added to the above solution followed by dimethyl carbamyl chloride (2.8 g, 26 mmol) and left stirred at room temperature overnight. Potassium carbonate (10%, 100 mL) was added. The organic layer was separated, dried over sodium sulfate and then concentrated to obtain 4-propyl-2-cyanopyridine (2.5 g, 93%). It was then refluxed in hydrochloric acid (6N, 60 mL) for overnight. The 4-propylpyridinecarboxylic acid 10b (R9=n-Propyl) was obtained after crystallization from acetonitrile (2.0 g, 71%): MS (ESPOS): 166 [M+H]+; 1H NMR (300 MHz, CD3OD) δ 8.75 (dd, J=9.0, 3.0, 1), 8.42 (s, 1), 8.08 (dd, J=9.0, 3.0, 1), 3.00 (t, J=7.5, 2), 1.82 (m, 2), 1.05 (t, J=7.2, 3).

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