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Acetylene-driven superbase-mediated self-organization of (het)arylpyridines from (het)aromatic nitriles

Elena Yur'evna Schmidt 1
Elena Yur'evna Schmidt
, 
Nadezhda Victorovna Semenova 1
Nadezhda Victorovna Semenova
, 
Evgeniya A Golub' 1
Evgeniya A Golub'
, 
Igor Alekseevich Ushakov 1
Igor Alekseevich Ushakov
, 
Boris Aleksandrovich Trofimov 1
Boris Aleksandrovich Trofimov
1 A. E. Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 664033 Irkutsk, Russian Federation
10.71267/mencom.7801
Published 2025-10-21
Communication , Volume 35, Issue 6, 636-638
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Schmidt E. Y. et al. Acetylene-driven superbase-mediated self-organization of (het)arylpyridines from (het)aromatic nitriles // Mendeleev Communications. 2025. Vol. 35. No. 6. pp. 636-638.
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Schmidt E. Y., Semenova N. V., Golub' E. A., Ushakov I. A., Trofimov B. A. Acetylene-driven superbase-mediated self-organization of (het)arylpyridines from (het)aromatic nitriles // Mendeleev Communications. 2025. Vol. 35. No. 6. pp. 636-638.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.71267/mencom.7801
UR - https://mendcomm.colab.ws/publications/10.71267/mencom.7801
TI - Acetylene-driven superbase-mediated self-organization of (het)arylpyridines from (het)aromatic nitriles
T2 - Mendeleev Communications
AU - Schmidt, Elena Yur'evna
AU - Semenova, Nadezhda Victorovna
AU - Golub', Evgeniya A
AU - Ushakov, Igor Alekseevich
AU - Trofimov, Boris Aleksandrovich
PY - 2025
DA - 2025/10/21
PB - Mendeleev Communications
SP - 636-638
IS - 6
VL - 35
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@article{2025_Schmidt,
author = {Elena Yur'evna Schmidt and Nadezhda Victorovna Semenova and Evgeniya A Golub' and Igor Alekseevich Ushakov and Boris Aleksandrovich Trofimov},
title = {Acetylene-driven superbase-mediated self-organization of (het)arylpyridines from (het)aromatic nitriles},
journal = {Mendeleev Communications},
year = {2025},
volume = {35},
publisher = {Mendeleev Communications},
month = {Oct},
url = {https://mendcomm.colab.ws/publications/10.71267/mencom.7801},
number = {6},
pages = {636--638},
doi = {10.71267/mencom.7801}
}
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Schmidt, Elena Yur'evna, et al. “Acetylene-driven superbase-mediated self-organization of (het)arylpyridines from (het)aromatic nitriles.” Mendeleev Communications, vol. 35, no. 6, Oct. 2025, pp. 636-638. https://mendcomm.colab.ws/publications/10.71267/mencom.7801.

Keywords

acetylenes
nitriles
pyridines
superbases
synthetic methods.

Abstract

Acetylene gas reacts with (het)aromatic nitriles in the KOH/DMSO/MeOH superbase composition at 90 °C for 10 min to afford 2-(het)arylpyridines in up to 36% yield. The process can be rationalized as the self-organization of two molecules of acetylene and one molecule of nitrile.

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Russian Science Foundation
24-13-00031