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Synthesis Reference(s)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 75, p. 4649, 1953 DOI: 10.1021/ja01115a007Tetrahedron Letters, 36, p. 7275, 1995 DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(95)01564-X

InChI:InChI=1/C12H11NO/c14-12(10-4-2-1-3-5-10)11-6-8-13-9-7-11/h1-9,12,14H

Upstream product

• 110-86-1 pyridine 
• 100-52-7 benzaldehyde 
• 100-48-1 pyridine-4-carbonitrile 
• 1120-87-2 4-bromopyridin 
• 872-85-5 pyridine-4-carbaldehyde 
• 14178-29-1 (1-oxidopyridin-4-yl) (phenyl)methanone 
• 15854-87-2 4-iodopyridine 
• 100-58-3 phenylmagnesium bromide 
• 98-80-6 phenylboronic acid 
• 14548-46-0 4-Benzoylpyridine 
• 24929-18-8 (phenyl)(4-pyridyl)methanol acetate 
• 100-51-6 benzyl alcohol 
• 2116-65-6 4-benzyl pyridine 
• 67-68-5 dimethyl sulfoxide 

Downstream Products

• 24929-18-8 (phenyl)(4-pyridyl)methanol acetate 
• 1394846-42-4 C₁₄H₁₃NO₂ 
• 141686-05-7 4-[(4-Bromo-phenoxy)-phenyl-methyl]-1-methyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-pyridine 
• 14548-46-0 4-Benzoylpyridine 
• 2116-65-6 4-benzyl pyridine 
• 740062-52-6 4-[chloro(phenyl)methyl]pyridine 
• 130406-97-2 4-<α-phenyl-α-(4-bromophenoxy)methyl>pyridine 

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