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Alcoholysis of trifluoromethyl groups attached to the pyridine ring

  • Xuhong Qian*
  • , Shuyou Liu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • East China University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

In dimethylformamide solution, trifluoroethoxylation and methoxylation of 5-chloro-3-trifluoromethylpyridine (2) yield 5-chloro-3-tris(trifluoroethoxyl)methyl pyridine (2a) and a dimethyl ketal of 3-chloronicotinic acid anhydride (2b) with fluorines as leaving groups, respectively. The corresponding reactions of 2,3-dichloro-5-trifluoromethylpyridine (3) only yield the 2-alkoxy-substituted products 3a and 3b with chloro as the leaving group and the 2-dimethylamino product 3c which was formed by the action of solvent dimethylformamide as a nucleophile. Differences in their reaction behaviour and possible mechanisms are also discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9-12
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Fluorine Chemistry
Volume79
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1996
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Alcoholysis
  • Ir spectroscopy
  • Mass spectrometry
  • Nmr spectroscopy
  • Pyridine rings
  • Trifluoromethyl groups

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