1. Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA Fax: 505‐277‐2609;2. Chemical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P. O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352, USA
Abstract:
A new set of pyridine and pyridine N‐oxides functionalized with N,N‐dimethylpropionamide pendant groups in the 2‐ and 2,6‐positions have been prepared from the combination of 2‐chloromethylpyridine and 2,6‐bis(chloromethyl) pyridine with α‐lithio N,N‐dimethyl acetamide. The coordination interaction between 2‐(N,N‐dimethylpropionamide) pyridine N‐oxide ( 10 ) and Tb(NO3)3 has been unambiguously defined via single crystal X‐ray diffraction analysis of Tb( 10 )(NO3)3(H2O).
