Efficient method for the synthesis of 3-pyridyl methanol from nicotinic acid using sodium borohydride-methanol system

Research Article

Madhukar Deshmukh, Sangram Pat

Abstract

Nicotinic acid is esterifies by using methanol as a solvent in catalytic amount of concentrated Sulfuric acid, to get methylnicotinate, which was subsequently reduced with NaBH4-MeOH system to 3-pyridyl methanol in high yields.

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