title: Ethyl 4-hydroxy-methyl-2-methyl-pyridine-5-carboxyl-ate.
abstract: The title compound, C(10)H(13)NO(3), was obtained as a by-product of the aldolization reaction of furo[3,4-c]pyridin-3(1H)-one with thio-phene-2-carboxaldehyde. The substituents on the pyridine ring are nearly coplanar, with an 8.1 (2)° rotation of the hydroxmethyl group from this plane. The mol-ecules assemble in the crystal structure as chains via O-H⋯N hydrogen bonding between the pyridine N atom and a neighbouring hydroxy-methyl OH group.
authors.forename: Peter D W
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: Gersande
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lena
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Spicer