A NOVEL METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF VARIOUS 2-PYRIDYL SULFIDES FROM ALCOHOLS

Abstract
1-Methyl-2-alkoxypyridinium salts, easily formed in situ from l-methyl-2-fluoropyridinium salt and alcohols, react with pyrid-2-thione in the presence of triethylamine to give the corresponding 2-pyridyl sulfides in good yields.