Acetic Anhydride → 2-Hydroxy-4-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)pyridine

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4-(4-(Trifluoromethyl)phenyl)pyridine-1-oxide (1.9 g, 7.9 mmol) was heated to 140° C. in acetic anhydride (80 mL) for 5 h. The mixture was concentrated and then heated at 80° C. for 1 h in a mixture of MeOH (20 mL) and aqueous 1 N NaOH (15 mL). The resulting black solution was concentrated to a volume of 15 mL, and the solid was filtered off, rinsed with CH2Cl2 and dried under vacuum to provide the title compound (1.26 g, 66%) as a brown solid: 1H NMR (300 MHz, CD3OD) δ 7.80-7.74 (br m, 5H), 6.85-6.66 (br m, 2H).

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