SYNTHESIS OF 2,2'BIPYRIDINES BY TRANSITION METAL- CATALYZED ALKYNE/NITRILE [2+2+2] CYCLOADDITION REACTIONS

摘要

2,2'-Bipyridines are of great importance in the fields of catalysis, coordination chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, macromolecular chemistry and photochemistry. Recently, the metal-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2]-type cycloaddition reaction of alkynes and nitriles has attracted considerable interest as a straightforward, atom-economical route to substituted pyridines and methods have been extensively applied to bipyridine synthesis. Developments in the field of 2,2'-bipyridine synthesis through alkyneitrile [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions catalyzed by transition metals are reviewed in this article involving two types of fully intramolecular reaction, five types of partially intramolecular reaction and fully intermolecular reactions.