2-Aminoethylpyridine, with

The reaction of imidazole-4,5-dicarbaldehyde with 2-aminoethylpyridine in the presence of copper(II) chloride has enabled the preparation of a binuclear complex (equation 2).29 A more common class of binuclear complex is based on template reactions of a phenolic dialdehyde with various amines and includes the copper complexes (14)30 31 and (15).32 Reactions of this type can be extended to the synthesis of macrocyclic binuclear complexes such as (16).33,34... 

Cyanopyridines have been reduced to aminoethylpyridines by a variety of methods, 2- And 4-cyanopyridine are reduced with sodium borohydride to 2-and 4-aminomethylpyridine, respectively. In acidic solutions, the polaro-graphic reduction of 4-cyanopyridine yields 4-aminomethylpyridine. Hydrogenation of 6-chloro-5-cyano-4-methoxymethyl-3-nitro-2-picoline over palladium-charcoal in aqueous hydrochloric acid gives 3-amino-5-aminomethyl-4-methoxymethyl-2-picoline hydrochloride. 3-Amino-5-aminomethyl-2,4-lutidine is prepared in good yield by the catalytic reduction (Pd—C in methanol) of 6-chloro-3-cyano-2,4-dimethyl-3-nitropyri-dine. The hydrogenation of 3-( S-pyridylmethoxy)propionitrile over Raney Nickel yields 3-[(3-aminopropoxy)methyl] pyridine. ... 

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