4 -Phenyl-2,2 :6 ,2"-terpyridine, reaction

Constable, E.C., Henney, R.P.G., Leese, T.A. and Tocher, D.A. (1990) Cyclometallation reactions of 6-phenyl-2,2 -bipyridine a potential C,N,N-donor analogue of 2,2 6, 2"-terpyridine. Crystal and molecular structure of dichlorobis (6-phenyl-2,2 -bipyridine)ruthenium(II). Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, (2), 443. 

In the case of terpyridine and acridine derivatives, the bis(methylamines) are the most convenient intermediates. Substituted 4/-phenyl-2,2/ 6/,2"-terpyridines were prepared by reacting (ii)-propenons and iV-[2-(pyrid-2 -yl)-2-o octln l p ridinium iodide with ammonium acetate in acetic acid or in methanol. The terminal pyridine moieties were oxidized with 3-chloroperbenzoic acid to iV, A" -dio idcs followed by modified Reisserty-Henze reaction to obtain 6,6"-dicarbonitriles. The bis(methylamines) were obtained by reduction of the 6,6"-dicarbonitriles withborane (scheme 8 (Mukkala et al., 1993)). 

The easiest reactions are those in which the nucleophile is the gold-activated species. Examples of this are Au(I)-catalyzed carbene and nitrene transfers (equations 142 and 143) that convert olefins into cyclopropanes or aziridines, respectively. In the carbene transfer, ethyl diazoacetate is the source of carbene and the active NHC-gold cationic catalyst is generated by chloride abstraction with sodium tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate NaBAT4. The cyclopropanation is competitive with other carbene insertions with active C H or N H bonds present in the substrate. For the aziridinations of olefins, nitrene formation is accomplished by the oxidation of sulfonamides with PhI(OAc)2 and the catalyst of choice is a gold-(I) triflate with a terpyridine ligand. 

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