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Onorato Campopiano

Make pyridine from furfural

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I do not know whether the following is a real answer or not but Wikipedia 3-methylpyridine article shows

3-Methylpyridine is produced industrially by the reaction of acrolein with ammonia::$$\ce{2 C3H3O + NH3 -> 3-CH3C5H4N + 2 H2O}$$ This reaction also affords substantial amounts of pyridine.

Wikipedia Nicotinonitrile article

A colorless solid, it is produced by ammoxidation of 3-methylpyridine:[2]. Nicotinonitrile is a precursor to the vitamin niacin.

In other words, the question could become one of separating pyridine from 3-Methylpyridine.

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