4-Vinyl-, 6-Vinyl-, and 4'-Vinyl-2,2':6',2''-terpyridinyl Ligands: Their Synthesis and the Electrochemistry of Their Transition-Metal Coordination Complexes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00247a021

4'-Vinyl-2,2':6',2''-terpyridinyl was conveniently prepared from 2-acetylpyridine via α-oxoketene dithioacetal methodology, the intermediate 4'-(methylthio)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridinyl being converted into the corresponding 4'-methyl derivative with methylma