Tetrahedron Letters,Vol.29,No.7,pp 773-776,1988 0040-4039/88 $3.00 + .OO Printed in Great Britain Pergamon Journals Ltd. ORTHO LITHIATION OF 2-, 3-, AND 4-METHOXYPYRIDINES Daniel L. Comins* and Donald H. LaMunyon Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322 0300 Summary: The ortho lithiation of 2-. 3; and 4-methox~yridine was effected using mesitylllithium as the metalating base. ...