HETEROGENIZED TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES AS CATALYSTS FOR SYNTHESIZING METHYLPYRIDINES FROM ACETALDEHYDE AND AMMONIA

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00531543

The synthesis of methylpyridines from acetaldehyde and ammonia in the presence of N- and F-containing heterogenized transition metal complexes is studied by a pulse microcatalytic method.A correlation between the donor-acceptor properties of the ligand, of the complexed metal, and of the catalytically active complex is found using 31P NMR.The reaction direction depends on the properties of the solvent used to heterogenize the complex on the carrier.