2,6-Dibromopyridine is used as a tridentate chelating ligand and in the formation of macrocycles containing the terpyridine moiety. It is also used to produce 6-bromo-2-methoxypyridine.
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Applications
2,6-Dibromopyridine is used as a tridentate chelating ligand and in the formation of macrocycles containing the terpyridine moiety. It is also used to produce 6-bromo-2-methoxypyridine.
Solubility
Soluble in hot methanol. Insoluble in water.
Notes
Incompatible with oxidizing agents. Store in a cool place.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Treatment with 4 moles of n-BuLi in ether at -60°, followed by reaction with PCl3 at -40°, provides a useful one-pot synthesis of 6,6″-dibromo-2,2':6',2″-terpyridine, which has applications as a tridentate chelating ligand and in the formation of macrocycles containing the terpyridine moiety: Synthesis, 939 (1995).
- Carroll, J.; Gagnier, J. P.; Garner, A. W.; Moots, J. G.; Pike, R. D.; Li, Y.; Huo, S. Reaction of N-Isopropyl-N-phenyl-2,2'-bipyridin-6-amine with K2PtCl4: Selective C-H Bond Activation, C-N Bond Cleavage, and Selective Acylation. Organometallics 2013, 32 (17), 4828-4836.
- Prajapati, D.; Schulzke, C.; Kindermann, M. K.; Kapdi, A. R. Selective palladium-catalysed arylation of 2,6-dibromopyridine using N-heterocyclic carbene ligands. RSC Adv. 2015, 5 (65), 53073-53085.
- Marcinkowski, D.; Monika Wałęsa-Chorab, M.; Kubicki, M.; Hoffmann, M.; Kądziołka, G.; Michalkiewicz, B.; Patroniak, V. A new 2,6-di(anthracen-9-yl)pyridine ligand and its complexes with Ag(I) ions: Synthesis, structure and photocatalytic activity. Polyhedron 2015, 90, 91-98.