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Stoichiometric Dependence of the Long‐Established Reaction of Butyllithium with Pyridine: A Hidden Secondary Reaction That Produces a Pyridine Adduct of a Lithiodihydropyridine

Robert E. Mulvey, Lorraine Dunbar, W. Clegg, Lynne Horsburgh

Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1996 · 51 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

By adding more than three molar equivalents of pyridine to n-butyllithium, a new reaction has been, uncovered in which the novel bis(pyridine)dihydropyridyllithium dimer 1 is formed. The reduction process formally involves transfer of an in situ form of lithium hydride.

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