Alkylation of pyridine in free radical chain reactions utilizing alkylmercurials

GA Russell, D Guo, RK Khanna

Index: Russell, Glen A.; Guo, Deliang; Khanna, Rajive K. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1985 , vol. 50, # 18 p. 3423 - 3425

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Abstract

Summary: Pyridines or N, N, N', N'-tetramethyl-pphenylenediamine will undergo a photostimulated free radical chain reaction with alkylmercury halides or carboxylates, yielding ring alkylated substitution products. Alkene mercuration products (R'CH (Y) CH (R2) HgX with Y= HO, RO, CH3CONH; X= C1, CH3C02, CF3C02) can be used without isolation for the alkylation reaction.