Nitrosation reaction of ethylpyridine, phenethylpyridine, and benzylpyridine, and their N-oxides, making a total of 12 kinds of compound, was examined. All these compounds reacted with amyl nitrite in liquid ammonia, in the presence of potassium amide, and formed the corresponding ketoximes; methyl 2-pyridyl ketone oxime (26%) from 2-ethylpyridine, methyl 4-pyridyl ketone oxime (35%) from 4-ethylpyridine,
anti-methyl (2%) and
syn-methyl (77%) types of methyl 2-pyridyl ketone 1-oxide oxime from 2-ethylpyridine 1-oxide, methyl 2-pyridyl ketone 1-oxide oxime (57%) from 4-ethylpyridine 1-oxide, benzyl 2-pyridyl ketone oxime (29%) from 2-phenethylpyridine, benzyl 4-pyridyl ketone oxime (45%) from 4-phenethylpyridine, benzyl 2-pyridyl ketone 1-oxide oxime (54%) from 2-phenethylpyridine 1-oxide, benzyl 4-pyridyl ketone 1-oxide oxime (32%) from 4-phenethylpyridine 1-oxide, phenyl 2-pyridyl ketone oxime (
anti-phenyl type) (73%) from 2-benzylpyridine, phenyl 4-pyridyl ketone oxime (93%) from 4-benzylpyridine, phenyl 2-pyridyl ketone 1-oxide oxime (86%) from 2-benzylpyridine 1-oxide, and phenyl 4-pyridyl ketone 1-oxide oxime (94%) from 4-benzylpyridine 1-oxide. It was found from these reactions that N-oxygenation markedly increased the activity of the methylene group.
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