ISSN:
0941-1216
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
In its reactions with the title compounds, formic acid variously acts as a formylating, methylating, and reducing agent. Both pyridine and piperidine are converted in significant amounts into 1-methyl-, 1-ethyl-, 1-propyl- and 1-pentyl-piperidines. Of the N-alkyl groups, isotopic labeling shows that only N-methyl derives from the formic acid, while the N-ethyl and N-propyl arise from heterocyclic ring C-C bond scission by retro-vinylogous-bis-aza-Aldol reactions. Detailed analysis of the products for pyridine, piperidine, and their 4-methyl derivatives, reacted separately and mixed, supports mechanisms in which a piperidine adds 1,2 to a pyridinium cation, or to a di- or tetra-hydropyridine, to initiate reaction sequences leading to the product slates found.
Additional Material:
6 Tab.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prac.19963380146