作者:Alexis D.C. Parenty、Louise V. Smith、Leroy Cronin
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2005.06.074
日期:2005.8
Secondary amines and thiols undertake a substitution reaction on the side chain of 2-bromoethyl-pyridinium derivatives ' directed ' by an intramolecular re-arrangement. Experimental investigations strongly indicate that the reaction is initiated by an alpha addition of the nucleophile onto the iminium moiety of the N-heteroaromatic cation, followed by a cyclisation and in oxidative ring opening. This novel substitution process is able to occur with less reactive nucleophiles that would not undergo conventional substitution with ' isolated ' bromoethyl moieties. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.