Stille reaction pyridines

Pyridine-pyridine connections via a Stille reaction have been well precedented for the syntheses of bipyridine, terpyridine, tetrapyridine and other oligomers of pyridine [73-75]. These reactions are exemplified by the synthesis of tetrapyridine 84 [75] from terpyridyl chloride 83 and 2-tributylstannylpyridine. 

In a sequence analogous to the Suzuki reaction and annulation described in section 4.2.4, pyridine-containing tricyclic compounds have also been prepared via the Stille reaction and a ... 

Intriguingly, the Stille coupling of quaternary pyridylstannane 12 with 2-chloropyrazine (13) proceeded to afford adduct 14 [12]. A-Methylated 3-(tributylstannyl)pyridine 12 was easily prepared by refluxing 3-(tributylstannyl)pyridine (11) with methyl tosylate in EtOAc. By contrast, only 29% yield of the coupling adduct was isolated from the Stille reaction of 3-(tributylstannyl)pyridine A-oxide and 13. 

In a sequence analogous to the Suzuki reaction and annulation described in section 4.2.4, pyridine-containing tricyclic compounds have also been prepared via the Stille reaction and a subsequent annulation [80, 81]. For instance, benzo[c]-2,7-naphthyridine 94 was assembled from the adduct of 3-formyl-4-(trimethylstannyl)pyridine (93) and 2-bromo-4-methoxyacetanilide. The reaction was facilitated by addition of CuO as the co-catalyst. 

A convenient method for preparing vinylated or arylated pyridines on insoluble supports is palladium-mediated cross-coupling. The Heck, Suzuki, and Stille reactions have been successfully used for this purpose (Table 15.22). The conditions are essentially the same as those used for the related coupling of arenes (see Section 5.4). 

Stille reactions have been improved by the addition of silver salts. For example, 5-iodouracil could be coupled with stannylated pyridine, forming 5-(2-pyridinyl) uracil in good yield (Scheme 10.39).67... 

Other reports include the formation of annulated pyridinium salts <02RJOC424, 02 /O375>, activation of carbocations by pyridinium salts <02TL6841>, and Stille reactions on pyridinium cations <02SL1904>. Finally two reports detail pyridine-based brominating reagents. Muathen... 

Palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions of 2-(5-iodoisoxazol-3-yl)pyridine 274 with a variety of organometallic compounds led to derivatives 275-278 through Sonogashira, Suzuki, Negishi, and Stille reactions, respectively (Scheme 64) <20010L4185>. 

Using the Stille reaction similar to the one described immediately above, a new synthetic route to imidazo[4,5-c]pyridines has been delineated [46]. Following the coupling reaction to provide alkenyl imidazole 79b, an electrocyclic reaction was employed to provide 80 after aromaticity was attained by the elimination of methanol. The flexibility of this process is demonstrated by the fact that nearly identical yields are possible regardless of whether the Stille coupling reaction is done on compound 79a or the aldehyde compound that immediately precedes it in the synthetic sequence. 

Moreover, the group explored Sonogashira, Suzuki and Stille couplings of 25, where the reactivity of the C-Cl and C-Br bonds was shown to be similar. Scheme 8 illustrates an example of the Stille reaction accomplished with compound 25 yielding 2,5-diphenyl pyridine 28. 

Still another type of adsorption system is that in which either a proton transfer occurs between the adsorbent site and the adsorbate or a Lewis acid-base type of reaction occurs. An important group of solids having acid sites is that of the various silica-aluminas, widely used as cracking catalysts. The sites center on surface aluminum ions but could be either proton donor (Brpnsted acid) or Lewis acid in type. The type of site can be distinguished by infrared spectroscopy, since an adsorbed base, such as ammonia or pyridine, should be either in the ammonium or pyridinium ion form or in coordinated form. The type of data obtainable is illustrated in Fig. XVIII-20, which shows a portion of the infrared spectrum of pyridine adsorbed on a Mo(IV)-Al203 catalyst. In the presence of some surface water both Lewis and Brpnsted types of adsorbed pyridine are seen, as marked in the figure. Thus the features at 1450 and 1620 cm are attributed to pyridine bound to Lewis acid sites, while those at 1540... 

Androst-4-ene-3,17-dione. Testosterone (0.58 g, 2 mmoles) is dissolved in a solution prepared from 3 ml of benzene, 3 ml of dimethyl sulfoxide, 0.16 ml (2 mmoles) of pyridine and 0.08 ml (1 mmole) of trifluoroacetic acid. After addition of 1.24 g (6 mmoles) of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, the sealed reaction flask is kept overnight at room temperature. Ether (50 ml) is added followed by a solution of 0.54 g (6 mmoles) of oxalic acid in 5 ml of methanol. After gas evolution has ceased ( 30 min) 50 ml of water is added and the insoluble dicyclohexylurea is removed by filtration. The organic phase is then extracted twice with 5 % sodium bicarbonate and once with water, dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated to a crystalline residue (0.80 g) which still contains a little dicyclohexylurea. Direct crystallization from 5 ml of ethanol gives androst-4-ene-3,17-dione (0.53 g, 92%) in two crops, mp 169-170°. 

Despite the increasing information on the photochemistry of 2,4-dienones and other unsaturated ketones, as well as on the ring-chain valence isomerism of halogen-substituted pyran and dihydi opyran systems,the data are still very scarce. The intermediate formation of pyrans valence-isomeric with unsaturated carbonyl compounds in the pyridine syntheses based on reactions of ammonia with aldehydes or ketones, advocated by various authors (cf. Section II,B,2,f), is still rather speculative. (See also Section II,B,2,e for the valence isomerism of 5-chloro-2,4-dienones with pyrylium chlorides.)... 

The data show that in some cases basicity has a strong influence on reactivity. For example, the reaction of 2-chloropyridine derivatives with piperidine is about 3000 times as fast as that with pyridine the basicity change involved is in the order of 6 pA units. However, piperidine is only 4 times as reactive as morpholine with 2- or 4-chloropyrimidine as the substrate, although -dpAo in these cases is still fairly large, 2.5 units. Furthermore, even the qualitative correlation sometimes fails, and aniline is more reactive than pyridine in contrast to the expectations from their basicities. 

A similar kinetic effect was reported for the reaction of 4-chloro-pyridine 1-oxide with methoxide ion at 50°, and still larger effects were obtained with the 2- and 3-isomers at the same temperature. ... 

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