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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: Nekromantis on March 05, 2013, 03:54:53 PM
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Hi,
I'm student of organic chemistry from Poland. I need preparation 3 (or 2)-Picoline-N-oxide from Picoline. I can't find anything in polish students materials :(
Please, help
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Oxidation of pyridine derivatives can usually be effected very easily and in good yield and minimal difficulty with a peracid like meta-peroxybenzoic acid (mCPBA). Even I, a physical chemist, could manage it. :)
I don't have a procedure handy, but I bet if you search for oxidation of pyridine or bipyridine with mCPBA, you should be able to adapt a procedure to picoline pretty easily.
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Here's an older procedure. I'd use mCPBA instead of the reagent used there. It'll be much safer to handle.
http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/orgsyn/prepContent.asp?prep=cv4p0828
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I have used this procedure (hydrogen peroxide/acetic acid) for the oxidation of 2-ethylpyridine before:
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/ja028779v/suppl_file/ja028779v-2_s1.pdf
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Thank you very much ;)