Hydrazine, monohydrobromide

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: 3-Oxo-2-pyridin-3-yl-butyronitrile (step 1) (1.00 g, 6.49 mmol) was dissolved in EtOH (10 ml) and water (2 ml). Hydrazine hydrobromide (2.82 g, 24.97 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 1 hour. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue was partitioned between EtOAc and sat. NaHCO3. The organic phase was washed with water and brine, dried (MgSO4), filtered and the solvent was removed in vacuo to afford the title compound which was used without further purification; 1H NMR (d6-DMSO, 400 MHz) δ 11.51 (1H, br), 8.60 m), 8.40 (1H, m), 7.72 (1 h, m), 7.39 (1H, m), 4.60 (2H, br), 2.19 (3H, s). the reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 1 hour The solvent was removed in vacuo the residue was partitioned between EtOAc and sat. NaHCO3 The organic phase was washed with water and brine dried (MgSO4) filtered the solvent was removed in vacuo