In 2019,Organic Letters included an article by Bettoni, Leo; Gaillard, Sylvain; Renaud, Jean-Luc. Application In Synthesis of 2-(2-Hydroxyethyl)pyridine. The article was titled 《Iron-Catalyzed β-Alkylation of Alcohols》. The information in the text is summarized as follows:
β-Branched alkylated alcs. have been prepared in good yields using a double-hydrogen auto-transfer strategy in the presence of our diaminocyclopentadienone iron tricarbonyl complex Fe1. The alkylation of some 2-arylethanol derivatives was successfully addressed with benzylic alcs. and methanol as alkylating reagents under mild conditions. Deuterium labeling experiments suggested that both alcs. (2-arylethanol and either methanol or benzyl alc.) served as hydrogen donors in this cascade process.2-(2-Hydroxyethyl)pyridine(cas: 103-74-2Application In Synthesis of 2-(2-Hydroxyethyl)pyridine) was used in this study.
2-(2-Hydroxyethyl)pyridine(cas: 103-74-2) belongs to pyridine. Pyridine’s structure is isoelectronic with that of benzene, but its properties are quite different. Pyridine is completely miscible with water, whereas benzene is only slightly soluble. Like all hydrocarbons, benzene is neutral (in the acid–base sense), but because of its nitrogen atom, pyridine is a weak base.Application In Synthesis of 2-(2-Hydroxyethyl)pyridine