Chad Amb, S. Rasmussen
May 13, 2006
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The Journal of organic chemistry
Abstract
Although brominated bipyridines and terpyridines are highly desirable synthetic building blocks for both ligand design and macro- or supramolecular applications, few such synthetic precursors have been reported that include much-needed solubilizing groups. Reported here is an inexpensive route to 2,6-dibromo-4-(hexoxymethyl)pyridine from citrazinic acid with an overall yield of 44% and its efficient conversion (60%) to 6,6'-dibromo-4,4'-di(hexoxymethyl)-2,2'-bipyridine via oxidative coupling.