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BTBP

The bis-triazinyl bipyridines (BTBPs) are a class of chemical compounds which are tetradentate ligands similar in shape to quaterpyridine. The BTBPs are made by the reaction of hydrazine and a 1,2-diketone (such as hexane-3,4-dione) with 6,6'-dicyano-2,2'-bipyridine. The dicyanobipy can be made by reacting 2,2'-bipy with hydrogen peroxide in acetic acid, (followed by the addition of acetone) to form 2,2'-bipyridine-N,N-dioxide. The 2,2'-bipyridine-N,N-dioxide is then converted into the dicyano compound by treatment with potassium cyanide and benzoyl chloride in a mixture of water and THF. The BTBPs were first reported as synthetic intermediates in the synthesis of quaterpyridines by a Diels-Alder reaction of the triazine ring with tributylstannylacetylene or norbornadiene, after the Diels-Alder reaction a series of other reactions cause the adjunct to lose a molecule of nitrogen and a molecule of cyclopentadiene to form the pyridine ring. The BTBPs are related to the BTPs, the BTPs are the bis-triazinyl pyridines which were introduced to solvent extraction by Z. Kolarik. By extending the central part of the BTPs the BTBPs were created.…

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The bis-triazinyl bipyridines (BTBPs) are a class of chemical compounds which are tetradentate ligands similar in shape to quaterpyridine. The BTBPs are made by the reaction of hydrazine and a 1,2-diketone (such as hexane-3,4-dione) with 6,6'-dicyano-2,2'-bipyridine. The dicyanobipy can be made by reacting 2,2'-bipy with hydrogen peroxide in acetic acid, (followed by the addition of acetone) to form 2,2'-bipyridine-N,N-dioxide. The 2,2'-bipyridine-N,N-dioxide is then converted into the dicyano compound by treatment with potassium cyanide and benzoyl chloride in a mixture of water and THF. The BTBPs were first reported as synthetic intermediates in the synthesis of quaterpyridines by a Diels-Alder reaction of the triazine ring with tributylstannylacetylene or norbornadiene, after the Diels-Alder reaction a series of other reactions cause the adjunct to lose a molecule of nitrogen and a molecule of cyclopentadiene to form the pyridine ring. The BTBPs are related to the BTPs, the BTPs are the bis-triazinyl pyridines which were introduced to solvent extraction by Z. Kolarik. By extending the central part of the BTPs the BTBPs were created.…

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