Ethyl 4-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpyridine-5-carboxylate

Abstract

The title compound, C10H13NO3, was obtained as a by-product of the aldolization reaction of furo[3,4-c]pyridin-3(1H)-one with thiophene-2-carboxaldehyde. The substituents on the pyridine ring are nearly coplanar, with an 8.1 (2)degrees rotation of the hydroxmethyl group from this plane. The molecules assemble in the crystal structure as chains via O-H center dot center dot center dot N hydrogen bonding between the pyridine N atom and a neighbouring hydroxymethyl OH group.