Acetic Anhydride → 4-(Pyridin-2-ylmethoxy)pyridin-2(1H)-one

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4-(Pyridin-2-ylmethoxy)pyridine 1-oxide (9.0 g, 45 mmol) was heated to 140° C. in acetic anhydride (100 mL) for 2 h. The solution was concentrated and then heated at 80° C. for 1 h in a mixture of MeOH (50 mL) and H2O (50 mL). The resultant black solution was concentrated and the residue was dissolved in hot i-PrOH (40 ml). Et2O (250 mL) was added and the mixture was placed in the freezer for 16 h. The solid was filtered off to provide the title compound (1.9 g, 21%) as a brown solid: 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 11.13 (br s, 1H), 8.58 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 7.85 (overlapping ddd, J=7.9, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.49 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.38-7.34 (m, 1H), 7.26 (d, J=7.3 Hz, 1H), 5.96 (dd, J=7.3, 2.5 Hz, 1H), 5.76 (d, J=3.4 Hz, 1H), 5.12 (s, 2H).

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