Schlosser, ManfredRausis, ThierryBobbio, Carla2006-03-032006-03-032006-03-03200510.1021/ol047826ghttps://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/227048WOS:0002260721000322,4-Difluoro-, 2,4,6-trifluoro-, and 2,3,4,6-tetra(fluoro)pyridine undergo nucleophilic substitution preferentially if not exclusively at the 4-position. However, after the introduction of a trialkylsilyl group at C-3 or C-5, the halogen at the 6-(2-)position is displaced selectively. Bulky trialkylsilyl groups were found to suppress the nucleofugal mobility of neighboring halogen atoms. This synthetically valuable regiocontrol can also be realized with other halopyridines such as 2,4-dichloro- and 2,4,6-tri(chloro)pyridine. [on SciFinder (R)]Substitution reaction (regioselective; study of nucleophilic substitution of di(halo)pyridine and dihalo(silyl)pyridine derivs. with hydrazine and detn. of substituent effect of bulky silyl group); Synthesis (regioselective; study of regioselectivenucnucleophilic substitution regioselective fluoro silyl pyridine; neighboring group participation silyl nucleophilic substitution regioselective halopyridineRerouting Nucleophilic Substitution from the 4-Position to the 2- or 6-Position of 2,4-Dihalopyridines and 2,4,6-Trihalopyridines: The Solution to a Long-Standing Problemtext::journal::journal article::research article