Zhidong Song, Xin Huang, Wen-bin Yi
Oct 24, 2016
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Abstract
A 2-fluoro-1,3-dicarbonyl-initiated one-pot Michael addition/[5 + 1] annulation/dehydrofluorinative aromatization reaction sequence is introduced for regioselective synthesis of di-, tri-, tetra-, and pentasubstituted pyridines as well as fused pyridines. This simple and modular synthesis is performed using readily available starting materials and under transition-metal catalyst-free conditions.