Butylamine → N-Butyl-2-methyl-5-nitropyridine-3-carboxamide

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To n-butylamine (5 ml.) was added ethyl 2-methyl-5-nitronicotinate (1 g.) and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours. The reaction mixture was purified by a silica gel dry column chromatography to give 0.9 g. of the desired pale orange crystals. mp 98° - 99° C.

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