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Treatment of 2-methylpyridine N-oxide with trifluoroacetic anhydride, or acetic anhydride gives rise to 2-hydroxymethylpyridine.
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Li, J.J. (2014). Boekelheide reaction. In: Name Reactions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03979-4_30
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