Volume 39, Issue 2 pp. 335-339
Article

Furopyridines. XXXI. Birch reduction of furopyridines

Seiji Yamaguchi

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Seiji Yamaguchi

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Toyama University, Gofuku, Toyama 930-8555, Japan

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Eriko Hamade

Eriko Hamade

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Toyama University, Gofuku, Toyama 930-8555, Japan

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Hajime Yokoyama

Hajime Yokoyama

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Toyama University, Gofuku, Toyama 930-8555, Japan

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Yoshiro Hirai

Yoshiro Hirai

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Toyama University, Gofuku, Toyama 930-8555, Japan

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Shunsaku Shiotani

Shunsaku Shiotani

Juzen Chemical Corporation, Kibamachi 1-10, Toyama 930-0806, Japan

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First published: 11 March 2009
Citations: 7

Previous paper of part XXX.: S. Shiotani, S. Yamaguchi, M. Kurosaki, H. Yokoyama, and Y. Hirai, J. Heterocyclic Chem., 36, 1 (1999).

Abstract

Birch reduction of four furopyridines 1a-d effected the characteristic cleavage of the furan ring, giving ethnylpyridinols 2a-d, vinylpyridinols 3b,d, and ethylpyridinols 4a-d, and the reduction of the furan ring, giving dihydrofuropyridine 5c,d.

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