Ac. Benniston, BUILDING OFF THE BACK OF CHELATORS - SYNTHESIS OF 3,3''-BIS(4-METHYLPHENYL)-2,2' 6',2''-TERPYRIDINE/, Tetrahedron letters, 38(47), 1997, pp. 8279-8282
Using an adaptation of the Jameson method for the synthesis of 2,2':6'
,2''-terpyridine (terpy), a ditolyl-functionalised ligand has been pre
pared in which the substituted groups are located in the highly unusua
l 3,3 '' position. The new ligand represents an attempt to develop ter
py-based systems with di-functionality that emerges from the 'back sid
e' of the chelator. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.