The Journal of organic chemistry

Synthesis of some unsymmetrical bridged terpyridines

TR Kelly, RL Lebedev

Index: Kelly, T. Ross; Lebedev, Rimma L. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2002 , vol. 67, # 7 p. 2197 - 2205

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Citation Number: 47

Abstract

Novel unsymmetrical terpyridines 1 and 2 are synthesized using intra-and inter molecular Michael additions as the key reactions, followed by the construction of the central pyridine ring. Terpyridine 1 represents a heretofore unknown hexacyclic ring system.