Magnesium hydride-promoted dearomatisation of pyridine.
Reaction of pyridine with well defined magnesium hydride species results in heterocycle dearomatisation by a hydride transfer which occurs with the formation of magnesium compounds containing 1,2- and 1,4-dihydropyridide anions as the respective kinetic and thermodynamic products.
Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK. msh27@bath.ac.uk
Michael S
MS
Hill
Dugald J
DJ
MacDougall
Mary F
MF
Mahon