HALOCYCLIZATION OF 2-ALLYLTHIOPYRIDINE

Abstract

2-Allylthiopyridine reacts with iodine to form 3-iodomethyl-2,3-dihydrothiazolo[3,2-a]pyridinium triiodide, but in reaction with bromine a mixture of 3- and 2-bromomethyl-2,3-dihydrothiazolo[3,2-a]pyridinium bromides is obtained.

Author: D. G. Kim.

English Translation in Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, 1999, 35 (3), pp 290-292

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02259357