1Dept. of Pharmaceutical sciences, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India-313001
2Pacific College of Pharmacy, Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research University, Pacific Hills, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India-313001
3B.N Institute of Pharmaceutical sciences, Sewashram Road, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India-313001
*Corresponding Author: E-mail: juhipradhan123@gmail.com
Online published on 28 July, 2016.
Five nuclear substitution derivatives of 4-acetyl pyridine (2a to 6a) were prepared via N-oxidation followed by either nitration or arylation in the yield of 60–80%. Substitution at 2-position is promoted due to the electron withdrawing and meta-directing ability of acetyl group at 4-position making the pyridine N-oxide vulnerable to attack at C-2.
4-acetyl pyridine, N-oxidation, nitration, arylation, nuclear substitution