Abstract
A 1:1:1 reaction of 3-methylpyridine, 1, with LDA and PhCN in the presence of PMDETA gives the title complex 6, shown by X-ray crystallography to be the first monomeric iminolithium. The isolation of 6, and of a cyclised product 8 when a 3:10:3 reaction of 1:LDA:PhCN is carried out, suggest a mechanism for previously published cyclisation reactions of β-methylazines.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 457-461 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Organometallic Chemistry |
Volume | 550 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jan 1998 |
Funding
We thank the EPSRC (S.C.B., R.P.D., G.P.S.), the CCDC (G.P.S.), the Associated Octel Co. Ltd. (S.C.B.) and the Royal Society (low-temperature X-ray diffraction apparatus, P.R.R.) for financial support.
Keywords
- Lithium
- Nitriles
- Reaction mechanisms
- X-ray structure
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry