2,6-Bis(N-pyrazolyl)pyridines: The Convenient Synthesis of a Family of Planar Tridentate N3 Ligands That Are Terpyridine Analogues

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00304a007

A series of four symmetric 2,6-bis(N-pyrazolyl)pyridines were prepared in good yields by the reaction of an excess of potassium pyrazolate with 2,6-dihalopyridines in the solvent diglyme.Pyrazoles bearing bulky substituents react at the less sterically hi