Photoredox-catalysed regioselective synthesis of C-4-alkylated pyridines with N-(acyloxy)phthalimides. 2022

Zhucheng Zhang, and Qian He, and Xiaofei Zhang, and Chunhao Yang
State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai 201203, China. xiaofeizhang@simm.ac.cn.

A method of direct C-4 selective alkylation of pyridines under visible light irradiation at room temperature has been reported, using simple maleate-derived pyridinium salts as pyridine precursors and the readily available carboxylic acid-derived N-(acyloxy)phthalimides as alkyl radical precursors, affording good to excellent yields without using stoichiometric oxidants and acids. A broad range of primary, secondary, and tertiary carboxylates can be used as alkylation reagents. Oxidant and acid-sensitive functional groups can be tolerated well.

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