Synthesis of perfluoroalkylated bipyridines - New ligands for oxidation reactions under fluorous triphasic conditions

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00524-9

Fluorous soluble bipyridines bearing two perfluoroalkylated side chains in the 6,6'- or 4,4'-positions have been prepared in good yields via etherification of 6,6'-bis(chloromethyl)-2,2'-bipyridine or C-alkylation of 6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine. The new