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An efficient, metal-free, room temperature aromatization of Hantzsch-1,4-dihydropyridines with urea-hydrogen peroxide adduct, catalyzed by molecular iodine
Filipan-Litvi?, Mirela,Litvi?, Mladen,Vinkovi?, Vladimir
, p. 5649 - 5656 (2008/09/21)
A mild, highly efficient and metal-free synthetic method for aromatization of 1,4-dihydropyridines employing urea-hydrogen peroxide adduct as oxidant catalyzed by 20 mol % of molecular iodine was developed. The reaction was carried out in ethyl acetate at room temperature and the products were isolated in high to excellent yields. A plausible free-radical mechanism is proposed based on results obtained with derivatives having alkyl and aryl substituents in the 1,4-dihydropyridine ring.
