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Flash Vacuum Pyrolysis of Substituted Pyridine N-Oxides and Its Application to Syntheses of Heterocyclic Compounds
Ohsawa, Akio,Kawaguchi, Takayuki,Igeta, Hiroshi
, p. 3497 - 3503 (1982)
Flash vacuum pyrolysis of 2-picoline N-oxide gave 2-picoline, pyridine, 2-ethylpyridine, 2-vinylpyridine, 2-pyridylmethanol, bis(2-pyridyl)methane, 1,2-bis(2-pyridyl)ethane, and 1,2-bis(2-pyridyl)ethylene.These reactions are explained by intermediary participation of the 2-picolyl radical.Flash vacuum pyrolysis of methyl-substituted 2-benzylpyridine N-oxides led to methyl-substituted pyridoindoles or to benzoquinoline in moderate yields.
