M. Tichy et al., PREPARATION, RESOLUTION AND ABSOLUTE-CONFIGURATION OF 2,2'-BIPYRIDINE-3,3'-DICARBOXYLIC ACID 1,1'-DIOXIDE AND ITS ESTER, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 6(6), 1995, pp. 1279-1282
The title racemic acid (+/-)-1, prepared by hydrogen peroxide oxidatio
n of 2,2'-bipyridine-3,3'-dicarboxylic acid, was resolved via the bruc
ine salts. The absolute configuration of acid (+)-1 was determined by
X-ray diffraction study of its barium salt using the Bijvoet's anomalo
us dispersion method. The activation energy Delta G not equal for inte
rconversion of enantiomers of the dimethyl ester 2 was found to be -10
6.5 kJ/mol at 50 degrees C.