3-Aminopyridine is an aminopyridine. It is a colorless solid.
3-Aminopyridine is prepared by heating nicotinamide with sodium hypobromite (Hofmann rearrangement), which is in turn prepared in situ by the reaction of sodium hydroxide and bromine at 70 ðC.
It can be used in the synthesis of organic ligand 3-pyridylnicotinamide. Troxipide is another synthesis that uses 3-AP.
The acute toxicity is indicated by the = 178 mg/kg (quail, oral).