Pyridinol 2-methyl-3-, formation

Scheme 19.—Mechanism for Formation of 2-Acetylpyrrole and 2-Methyl-3-pyridinol.

Pyridines and pyrroles can be formed in different pathways by Mail-lard reaction. The formation of 5-methyl pyrrole aldehyde and 6-methyl-3-pyridinole has been observed by Nyhammar et al (17) by the reaction of isotope labelled 3-deoxyosone with glycine. The 3-deoxy-hexosone represents an -dicarbonyl compound and in this way the Strecker degradation occurs. Another pathway is the reaction of fu-rans with ammonia. Under roast conditions, we have obtained primarily the corresponding pyrrole, whereas we found the corresponding py-... 

The reaction of 5-amino-5-deoxy-l,2-0-isopropylidene-a-D-xylo-furanose (15) with methanolic hydrogen chloride (0.5 %), under careful exclusion of moisture, results in a mixture of the anomers of methyl 5-amino-5-deoxy-D-xylofuranoside, from which the /8-D anomer crystallizes. The five-membered ring-structure was proved by the results of periodate oxidation and by the infrared spectrum of the tetraacetate, which shows a band for NH. A methyl pyranoside was not found, and 3-pyridinol (21) was formed only in traces. A spontaneous ring-enlargement, such as is observed under similar conditions with 1,2-O-isopropylidene-5-thio-a-D-xylofuranose (see p. 208), is not possible in this instance. Stabilization as the methyl fiiranoside is, apparently, so rapid that the secondary reaction (leading to the pyranose form) does not occur. If water (several percent) is added to the reaction mixture, glycoside formation is hindered, and a large proportion of 3-pyridinol is formed. ... 

Halo-4-nitropyridines and their A -oxides react at the C-nitro group when treated with bases or alkoxides to give XII-357 or MI-358 (X = Cl, Br, I). However, 3-fluoro-4-nitropyTidine and its 1-oxide form 4-nitro-3-pyridinols and 4-nitro-3-alkoxypyridines, respectivelyThe 3-alkoxy-4-nitropyridine-l-oxides have been converted to 3,4-dialkoxypyridine-l-oxides. Because of this marked reactivity of the 3-fluoro substituent, these studies have been extended to 3-fluoro-5-methyl-4-nitropyridine-l-oxide, 3-fluoro-2-methyl-4-nitropyri-dine-l-oxide, and 2,6-dimethyl-3-fluoro-4-nitropyridine-l-oxide. Several of these fluoronitropyridines have been extensively studied as potential reagents for formation of amino acid derivatives. 2-Fluoro-3,5-dinitropyridine, a typical example, is hydrolyzed by hot water and reacts with hot alcohols to form 2-alkoxy-3,5-dinitropyridines and reacts with amino acids and their derivatives to give well-defined products. The reactions of a number of fluoronitropyridines and their N-oxides have been summarized by Talik and Talik and the relative reactivities toward simple nucleophiles have been observed, as shown on p. 689. 

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