Acetic Anhydride → Methyl 4-(2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridin-3-yl)benzoate

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Acetic anhydride (20 mL) was added to methyl 4-(1-oxidopyridin-3-yl)benzoate (704 mg), followed by stirring at 130° C. for 24 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, followed by two times azeotropy with toluene. The resulting residue was purified by NH-silica gel column chromatography (methanol/chloroform=0% to 10%) to obtain methyl 4-(2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridin-3-yl)benzoate (651 mg) as a pale brown solid.

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