Volume 52, Issue 24 pp. 6326-6329
Communication

Regioselectively Functionalized Pyridines from Sustainable Resources

Stefan Michlik

Stefan Michlik

Lehrstuhl Anorganische Chemie II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth (Germany)

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Prof. Dr. Rhett Kempe

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Prof. Dr. Rhett Kempe

Lehrstuhl Anorganische Chemie II, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth (Germany)

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First published: 04 June 2013
Citations: 189

This project was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG KE 756/23-1).

Graphical Abstract

Make the most of it! An Ir-catalyzed dehydrogenative condensation of alcohols and 1,3-amino alcohol was used to construct pyridine derivatives regioselectively. This method provides access to unsymmetrically substituted pyridines and tolerates a wide variety of functional groups. Three equivalents of H2 are generated per pyridine unit formed and the alcohol substrates become completely deoxygenated.

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