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Furopyridines. I. Synthesis of furo[2,3‐ c ]pyridine
Author(s) -
Shiotani Shunsaku,
Morita Hiroyuki
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of heterocyclic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.321
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1943-5193
pISSN - 0022-152X
DOI - 10.1002/jhet.5570190544
Subject(s) - chemistry , pyridine , triphenylphosphine , acetic acid , malonic acid , acrylic acid , zinc , chloride , medicinal chemistry , azide , organic chemistry , catalysis , copolymer , polymer
Abstract The parent framework of furo[2,3‐c]pyridine has been synthesized. 3‐Furoic acid chloride ( 2 ) was reduced with bis(triphenylphosphine) copper(1) tetrahydroborate to afford 3‐furaldehyde ( 3 ) which was condensed with malonic acid to give β‐(3‐furyl)acrylic acid ( 4 ). The acrylic acid 4 was converted to the acid azide ( 5 ), which in turn was cyclized to give furo[2,3‐c]pyridin‐7(6 H )‐one ( 6 ) by heating at 180° in diphenylmethane. The pyridone 6 was chlorinated with phosphorus oxychloride, followed by reduction with zinc and acetic acid to give furo[2,3‐ c ]pyridine ( 8 ).