N-Ethylpyridinium chloride

N-ethylpyridinium chloride/pyridine (1 1), aqueous sol. of cupriethylenediamine, fused chloral hydrate, water (hot, pressure), liquid ammonia... 

Ricinus communis.—The specific intermediates between nicotinic acid and ricinine are unknown a reasonable biosynthetic pathway is illustrated in Scheme 10. Robinson and co-workers have obtained a crude enzyme from R. communis seedlings, and resolved it by chromatography on DEAE-cellulose into three components, all of which catalysed the oxidation of 3-cyano-l-methylpyridinium perchlorate (43) to the pyridones (46) and (47). The optimum activity for ail these fractions was between pH 9.S and 10.S. The enzymes were relatively non-specific. All the following pyridinium salts were oxidized 3-formyl-l-methylpyridinium iodide, 3-nitro-l-methylpyridinium iodide, 3-acetyl-l-methylpyridinium iodide, 3-cyano-l-ethylpyridinium iodide, and l-benzyl-3-cyanopyridinium chloride. N-Methylnicotinamide, trigonelline sulphate, 1-methylpyridinium iodide, nicotinic acid, 1-methylquinolinium iodide, and 3-cyanopyridine, were not oxidized to any appreciable extent. 

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