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SUBMITTER: Neely JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3985489 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20140210 7
α,β-Unsaturated carboxylic acids undergo Rh(III)-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling with α,β-unsaturated O-pivaloyl oximes to provide substituted pyridines in good yield. The carboxylic acid, which is removed by decarboxylation, serves as a traceless activating group, giving 5-substituted pyridines with very high levels of regioselectivity. Mechanistic studies rule out a picolinic acid intermediate, and an isolable rhodium complex sheds further light on the reaction mechanism. ...[more]