Chemical Communications

Novel photoinduced aromatization of Hantzsch 1, 4-dihydropyridines

MZ Jin, L Yang, LM Wu, YC Liu, ZL Liu

Index: Jin, Mei-Zhong; Yang, Li; Wu, Long-Min; Liu, You-Cheng; Liu, Zhong-Li Chemical Communications, 1998 , # 22 p. 2451 - 2452

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Abstract

4-Alkyl-and/or aryl-1, 4-dihydro-2, 6-dimethylpyridine-3, 5-dicarboxylates (Hantzsch 1, 4- dihydropyridines) are quantitatively oxidized to the corresponding pyridine derivatives by irradiation in CCl4via a photoinduced electron transfer mechanism.