The mechanism of unexpected reduction of dimethyl pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylate to 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrofuro[3,4-b]pyridin-5(7H)-one with sodium borohydride
作者:Yan Bo Tang、Qing Jian Zhang、De Quan Yu
DOI:10.1016/j.cclet.2012.07.013
日期:2012.10
Abstract An unexpected reduction of dimethyl pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylate to 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrofuro[3,4-b]pyridin-5(7H)-one with sodiumborohydride in ethanol and tetrahydrofuran, respectively, is described, a hypothetic mechanism for the unusual reductive product is proposed.