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Condensation of 2-pyridylmethyllithium or (6-methyl-2-pyridyl)methyllithium nucleophiles and pyridine, 2-picoline, or 4-tert-butylpyridine as electrophiles leads to new polydentate N-donor ligands, methyl-, tert-butyl-substituted tripyridinedimethanes, or to tripyridinedimethane itself, in good or high yields. Depending on the reagent ratio, solvent used, and reaction conditions, the corresponding intermediate dipyridinemethanes can be minor by-product or major products of the condensation. In contrast to 2-pyridylmethyllithium, lithiated 2-isopropylpyridine does not react with pyridine electrophiles. Vice versa, nucleophilic substitution at the C(2)-pyridine carbon of 2,2-bis(2-pyridyl)propane with 2-pyridylmethyllithium takes place to produce products of condensation of 2-isopropylpyridine and dipyridylmethyllithium. DFT calculations of the Gibbs free energies of reactions combined with pK a values of the CH-acids involved help to explain the reactivity observed.
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Vedernikov, N., Miftakhov, R., Borisoglebski, S.V. et al. Condensation of 2-Pyridylmethyllithium Nucleophiles and Pyridine Electrophiles as a Convenient Synthetic Route to Polydentate Chelating N-Donor Ligands. Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds 38, 406–416 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016023103898
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