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SUBMITTER: Brice H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2874404 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 20100302
The silyl enol ether derivatives of ketones or esters tethered by a hydrocarbon or ether linkage to the 3-position of a pyridine ring undergo dearomatising nucleophilic attack on the ring once it is activated (as an acylpyridinium species) by the addition of methyl chloroformate. The bicyclic dihydropyridine products are in some cases unstable, but may be isolated after hydrogenation as fused bicyclic piperidines. ...[more]