2-substituted pyridines

Substituent increments have been compiled for several heterocyclic systems, such as six-membered heteroalicyclic rings [408], pyrrole [435], indole [445], thiazole [437], and pyridine [452], 

Increments of selected substituents in positions 2, 3 and 4 of the pyridine ring are listed in Table 4.83 (b). The 13C shifts of C-2,6 (149.7 ppm), C-3,5 (124.2 ppm) and C-4 (136.2 ppm) have been used as references. As can be seen in Table 4.67, N-oxidation causes a significant shielding (— 10 ppm) of the carbons a and y to nitrogen, while those in the / position are slightly shielded. This analogy to the behavior of pyridine-N-oxide towards electrophilic substitution can be rationalized by remembering the known canno-nical formulae of this molecule in contrast to pyridine itself. 

As is shown below for 2-amino-3-methylpyridine, a reasonable prediction of the signal sequence is possible using the substituent increments presented in Table 4.83. 

Based on the carbon shifts of naphthalene as reference, nitrogen increments can be derived for quinoline and isoquinoline as is shown in Table 4.84. These increments are 

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Table 7.54 Carbon-13 Chemical Shifts in Substituted Pyridines 7.105...

P-Picoline may serve as an important source of nicotinic acid [59-67-6] for dietary supplements. A variety of substituted pyridines may be prepared from acrolein (75—83). 

Tobacco Alkaloids. The relatively small number of alkaloids derived from nicotinic acid (27) (the tobacco alkaloids) are obtained from plants of significant commercial value and have been extensively studied. They are distinguished from the bases derived from ornithine (23) and, in particular, lysine (24), since the six-membered aromatic substituted pyridine nucleus common to these bases apparendy is not derived from (24). 

Metahation of 2-fluoropyridine with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) gives 2-fluoro-3-hthiopyridine, thereby providing entry to 3-substituted pyridines (388). This technique has been used to make fluorine analogues of the antitumor eUipticines (389). 

Important commercial alkylpyridine compounds are a-picoline (2), Ppicoline (3), y-picoline (4), 2,6-lutidine (5), 3,5-lutidine (6), 5-ethyl-2-methylpyridine (7), and 2,4,6-coUidine (8). In general, the alkylpyridines serve as precursors of many other substituted pyridines used in commerce. These further substituted pyridine compounds derived from alkylpyridines are in turn often used as intermediates in the manufacture of commercially usehil final products. 

Table 3 gives the corresponding physical properties of some commercially important substituted pyridines having halogen, carboxyHc acid, ester, carboxamide, nitrile, carbiaol, aminomethyl, amino, thiol, and hydroxyl substituents. 

The N-oxides readily undergo nucleophilic addition followed by elimination, which forms the basis of several useful syntheses of 2-substituted pyridines. Chlorination of (13) with POCl to give 2-chloropyridine (17) is a good example (eq. 4) some chlorination may occur also at C-4 (11). 

The formation of pyridine derivatives from a, P-unsaturated aldehydes and ammonia involves formation of three bonds during the ring synthesis. For example, with an a, P-unsaturated aldehyde, both 2,5-substituted as well as 3,4-substituted pyridines can be obtained, depending on whether a 1,2- (eq. 17) or 1,4-addition (eq. 18) occurs with ammonia. Reactions are performed in the vapor phase with catalysts. 

Synthesis From Other Ring Systems. These syntheses are further classified based on the number of atoms in the starting ring. Ring expansion of dichlorocyclopropane carbaldimine (53), where R = H and R = ryl, on pyrolysis gives 2-arylpyridines. Thermal rearrangement to substituted pyridines occurs in the presence of tungsten(VI) oxide. In most instances the nonchlorinated product is the primary product obtained (63). 

These reactions iavolve mostly dimethyl and diethyl sulfate. CycHc sulfates are also reactive, and several have been compared by determining reaction rates with a substituted pyridine or with water (40). In both cases, 1,2-ethylene sulfate is more reactive than 1,3-propylene sulfate or dimethyl or diethyl sulfates. 

Nitrogen nucleophiles used to diplace the 3 -acetoxy group include substituted pyridines, quinolines, pyrimidines, triazoles, pyrazoles, azide, and even aniline and methylaniline if the pH is controlled at 7.5. Sulfur nucleophiles include aLkylthiols, thiosulfate, thio and dithio acids, carbamates and carbonates, thioureas, thioamides, and most importandy, from a biological viewpoint, heterocycHc thiols. The yields of the displacement reactions vary widely. Two general approaches for improving 3 -acetoxy displacement have been reported. One approach involves initial, or in situ conversion of the acetoxy moiety to a more facile leaving group. The other approach utilizes Lewis or Brmnsted acid activation (87). 

Various alkyl-substituted pyridine derivatives are formed from the condensation of butyraldehyde with ammonia at high temperatures. For example, cocondensation of //-butyraldehyde with acroleia [107-02-8] and ammonia at 400°C over a borosiUcate 2eohte gives 3-ethylpyridine [536-78-7] ia 70% yield... 

Pyridazine carboxylates and dicarboxylates undergo cycloaddition reactions with unsaturated compounds with inverse electron demand to afford substituted pyridines and benzenes respectively (Scheme 45). 

Af-Oxidation of pyrazines appears to result in increased shielding of the a and a carbon resonances by 6-11 p.p.m., whereas the /3 and /3 carbon atoms are deshielded by 3-4 p.p.m., a trend similar to that observed with substituted pyridines. These results have been qualitatively explained in terms of resonance polar effects (80OMR(l3)l72). 

The vast majority of syntheses of pyrido[2,3-t/]- and pyrido[3,4-t/]-pyridazines fall into this category, resulting from the cyclization of various o-substituted pyridine derivatives (2,3- or 3,4-, respectively) with hydrazine or its congeners. 

Cyclization onto a heterocyclic ring also readily occurs, as when the 2-substituted pyridine (566) was treated with triethyl phosphite. In this case the pyrrolopyrazole (567) was obtained (79JOC622),... 

Fused benzene rings are treated as substituents. Thus quinoline, for example, is considered as a substituted pyridine, albeit a very special and important one, and treated alongside other substituted pyridines in the discussion of its structure, reactivity and synthesis. Reactions of quinoline at positions 1-4 are considered as reactions at ring atoms, whilst reactions at positions 5-8 are regarded as reactions of the substituent . 

Four multiplets between Sh = 7.46 and 9.18 indicate monosubstitution of the pyridine ring, either in the 2- or 3-position but not in the 4-position, since for a 4-substituted pyridine ring an AA XX system would occur. The position of the substituents follows from the eoupling eonstants of the threefold doublet at Sh = 7.46, whose shift is appropriate for a p-proton on the pyridine ring (A). 

The ionization of a series of 4-substituted pyridines has been studied, and both equilibrium acidities (pK ) and enthalpies of ionization have been recorded at 25°C ... 

Berg et al. defined a different ortho steric constant. The model reaction is the quatemization of substituted pyridines with methyl iodide in acetonitrile solution. 

A plot of log (kiku) against pKa (this is called a Br nsted-type plot, as we will see in Section 7.4) for meta- and para-substituted pyridines gave an LFER describing normal behavior. On this same plot the or// o-substituted pyridines all fell below the m and p reference line. The steric constant was defined as the vertical distance between the reference line [whose equation was log (k plkn) = 0.35 pK — 1.73] and the result for the ortho compound, or... 

The Hantzsch pyridine synthesis involves the condensation of two equivalents of a 3-dicarbonyl compound, one equivalent of an aldehyde and one equivalent of ammonia. The immediate result from this three-component coupling, 1,4-dihydropyridine 1, is easily oxidized to fully substituted pyridine 2. Saponification and decarboxylation of the 3,5-ester substituents leads to 2,4,6-trisubstituted pyridine 3. 

The Boger pyridine synthesis involves the reaction of triazine 1 with activated alkene 2 in a hetero-Diels-Alder fashion. The intermediate bicyclic species 3 is unstable and a facile cycloreversion takes place due to the loss of nitrogen gas to afford the appropriately substituted pyridine derivative 4. 

With this foundation, Boger communicated the use of 1,2,4-triazines as a dependable, azadiene equivalent for Diels-Alder approaches to substituted pyridines. Electron rich olefin 19, prepared from the corresponding ketone, was allowed to... 

The synthesis of phomazarin 54 utilized the highly oxygenated alkene 52 paired with triazine 51 to produce 53. Further manipulations transformed this fully substituted pyridine into 54. 

In addition to their reactions with amines, Zincke salts also combine with other nitrogen nucleophiles, providing various A -substituted pyridine derivatives. Pyridine A -oxides result from the reaction with hydroxylamine, as exemplified for the conversion of Zincke salt 38 to the A -oxide 39 Reactions of Zincke salts with hydrazine, meanwhile, lead... 

The infrared spectra of 2-, 3-, and 4-acetamido- and 2- and 3-benzamido-pyridine 1-oxides show bands characteristic of the 2-, 3-, or 4-substituted pyridine 1-oxide and of the —NHCOCH3... 

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