Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Takanobu Shin

Manzo Shiono

Goro Asanuma

Hideki Matsuda

Shigeki Kikuyama

Method for producing pyridine derivatives

A pyridine alcohol derivative represented by General Formula III

A pyridine alcohol derivative represented by General Formula III ##STR1## (where A represents a divalent organic group which may contain one to three oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms and/or sulfur atoms, wherein A may form a 5-, 6-, 7-, or 8-membered ring together with two bonded carbon atoms, where said ring may form a condensed ring with one or more additional rings; R.sup.5 represents a hydrogen atom, --CHR.sup.1 R.sup.2, or an alkenyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group which may be substituted; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted; and R.sup.6 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group which may be substituted), is produced by:

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