Emmert Reaction

B. Emmert, E. Asendorf, Ber. 72, 1188 (1939); B. Emmert, E. Pirot, ibid. 74, 714 (1941).

Formation of pyridyldialkylcarbinols by condensation of ketones with pyridine or its homologs in the presence of aluminum or magnesium amalgam:



C. H. Tilford et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 70, 4001 (1948); H. L. Lochti et al., ibid. 75, 4477 (1953); R. Abramovitch, R. Vinutha, J. Chem. Soc. C 1969, 2104; C. A. Russell et al., J. Chem. Soc. D 1970, 1406; R. Tschesche, W. Führer, Ber. 111, 3502 (1978).