S. Oi et al., Ruthenium complex-catalyzed direct ortho arylation and alkenylation of 2-arylpyridines with organic halides, ORG LETT, 3(16), 2001, pp. 2579-2581
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The ortho position of the aromatic ring of pyridyl group-substituted aromat
ic compounds is directly arylated or alkenylated with organic halides in th
e presence of a catalytic amount of a ruthenium(II)-phosphine complex.