Single point activation of pyridines enables reductive hydroxymethylation
Chem. Sci., 2021, 12,742-746DOI: 10.1039/D0SC05656A, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Bruno Marinic, Hamish B. Hepburn, Alexandru Grozavu, Mark Dow, Timothy J. DonohoePyridines can be activated at a single point with a new benzyl group, followed by dearomative functionalisation at C3 using formaldehyde.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry