(4-Oxo-1,4-dihydropyridin-1-yl) acetic acid

• Main Authors: Gao, S., Ng, S.W., Zain, Sharifuddin Md, Zhao, J.G., Huo, L.H., Zhang, Z.Y.
• Format: Article
• Published: International Union of Crystallography 2004
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/5845/; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-18444363356&partnerID=40&md5=6ebb3884d594cb6829091fc5838de495

The title compound, expected to be a betaine, 4-hydroxypyridinioacetate, HOC5H4N+CH2CO2- or C7H7NO3, on the basis of its synthesis by the nucleophilic displacement of chloride from the chloroacetate ion in water, exists as (4-oxo-1,4-dihydropyridin-1-yl)acetic acid. The acid H atom interacts with th...