SYNTHESIS OF 1,4-DIHYDROPYRIDINES BY REGIOSELECTIVE ADDITIONS OF BENZYLIC ZINC BROMIDES TO PYRIDINIUM SALTS AND THEIR AROMATIZATIONS TO 4-BENZYLPYRIDINES
Ap. Krapcho et al., SYNTHESIS OF 1,4-DIHYDROPYRIDINES BY REGIOSELECTIVE ADDITIONS OF BENZYLIC ZINC BROMIDES TO PYRIDINIUM SALTS AND THEIR AROMATIZATIONS TO 4-BENZYLPYRIDINES, Synthetic communications, 27(5), 1997, pp. 781-794
Benzylic zinc reagents add with high regioselectivity to 1-(phenoxycar
bonyl) salts of methyl nicotinate to yield phenoxylcarbonyl)-4-benzyl-
1,4-dihydronicotinates. The dihydronicotinates on heating with sulfur
in decalin afford methyl 4-benzyinicotinates.