MULTIPLE PATHS FOR PHOTOALKYLATION OF PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ESTERS IN ALCOHOLS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1980.131

Photochemical substitution of ring hydrogen of pyridinecarboxylic esters by alkyl groups derived from solvent alcohols occurs in several paths: 1) alkylation initiated by excited carbonyl moiety of the ester group and 2) alkylation initiated by the excitation of the ?-electronic system of the pyridine ring.In the photoreaction of methyl 3-pyridinecarboxylate in acidic methanol, three types of excited state (two triplet states for alkylation and a singlet state for alkoxylation) contribute simultaneously.