Journal of the American Chemical Society

The Direct Pyridylethylation of Active Hydrogen Compounds. I. 2-Vinylpyridine with Ketones

R Levine, MH Wilt

Index: Levine; Wilt Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1952 , vol. 74, p. 342

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Abstract

Most of our condensations have been effected by the interaction of two equivalents of ketone, one equivalent of 2-vinylpyridine and a small amount of sodium metal. The yields and other pertinent data on the compounds we have prepared are found in Table I. It may be seen that acetone has been pyridylethylated in negligible yield. Instead, it has been self- condensed to give a mixture of mesityl oxide and isophorone. The other ketones have ...