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- Title
C3‐Cyanation of Pyridines: Constraints on Electrophiles and Determinants of Regioselectivity.
- Authors
Zhang, Ming; Zhou, Qingyang; Luo, Heng; Tang, Zi‐Lu; Xu, Xiufang; Wang, Xiao‐Chen
- Abstract
Methods for C−H cyanation of pyridines are rare. Here, we report a method for C3‐selective cyanation of pyridines by a tandem process with the reaction of an in situ generated dihydropyridine with a cyano electrophile as the key step. The method is suitable for late‐stage functionalization of pyridine drugs. The low reduction potential of the electrophile and effective transfer of the nitrile group were found to be essential for the success of this method. We studied the reaction mechanism in detail by means of control experiments and theoretical calculations and found that a combination of electronic and steric factors determined the regioselectivity of reactions involving C2‐substituted pyridines.
- Subjects
DIHYDROPYRIDINE; PSEUDOPOTENTIAL method; PYRIDINE
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2023, Vol 135, Issue 6, p1
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ange.202216894