Ja. Zoltewicz et Mp. Cruskie, STRATEGIES FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF UNSYMMETRICAL QUATERPYRIDINES USING PALLADIUM-CATALYZED CROSS-COUPLING REACTIONS, Tetrahedron, 51(42), 1995, pp. 11393-11400
Model, unsymmetrical quaterpyridines were prepared by Pd(O)-catalyzed
cross-coupling of a pyridyl borane or stannane to a chlorinated bipyri
dine. A pyridyl N-oxide synthon was used to introduce regioselectively
the required alpha-chloro group.