Xinfang Duan, Xianghong Li, Fuyou Li
Nov 1, 2004
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Synthesis
Abstract
As a key building block for 2,4-disubstituted pyridines, 2-bromo-4-iodopyridine was synthesized conveniently from 2-bromopyridine using LDA and I 2 via 'halogen dance'. 2-Bromo-4-iodopyridine was then converted to other 2,4-diaryl pyridines and 4-aryl-2,2'-bipyridines in one-pot reactions.