Photoinduced Alkoxylation of 2-Vinylpyridinium Ion

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.66.1580

Photoirradiation of 2-vinylpyridine in acidic methanol afforded methyl 2-(2-pyridyl)ethylether in a high yield.Reactions in acetic ethanol and 2-propanol also provided the corresponding alkoxyl derivatives along with a considerable amount of 2-ethylpyridine.It was suggested that photoinduced intramolecular charge-shift from the pyridinium ion moiety into the vinyl group initiates the regioselective nucleophilic addition of alcohol.