Synlett 2015; 26(20): 2853-2857
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1560810
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Synthesis of Alkyl-Substituted Pyridines by Directed Pd(II)-Catalyzed C–H Activation of Alkanoic Amides

Peng Hu
Department Chemie and Catalysis Research Center (CRC), Technische Universität München, 85747 Garching, Germany   Email: thorsten.bach@ch.tum.de
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Thorsten Bach*
Department Chemie and Catalysis Research Center (CRC), Technische Universität München, 85747 Garching, Germany   Email: thorsten.bach@ch.tum.de
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Publication History

Received: 07 September 2015

Accepted after revision: 09 October 2015

Publication Date:
16 November 2015 (online)


Abstract

A general alkylation protocol for substituted iodopyridines was developed (32 examples, 44–97% yield). The reaction is based on the Pd(II)-catalyzed C–H activation of 8-aminoquinoline-derived alkanoic amides and it employs a catalyst cocktail of Pd(OAc)2 (10 mol%), NaI (30 mol%), and (BuO)2POOH (20 mol%), with Ag2CO3 as base.

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