Abstract
Diphosgene and triphosgene in the presence of amines were found to be an excellent chlorinating agents with high selectivity for the preparation of chloromethylpyridines and chloropyridines from picoline‐N‐oxides and pyridine‐N‐oxides respectively.
#IICT Communication No: 030808.
Acknowledgment
The authors thank the Director‐IICT and Head Organic Division. PN thanks CSIR and BG thanks UGC for fellowship awards.
Notes
#IICT Communication No: 030808.