%0 Journal Article %T Synthesis and Properties of Partially Hydrogenated Ethyl ([3,4']Bipyridin-6'-ylsulfanyl) Acetates %A A. Krauze %A Z. And ¨¡ns %A G. Duburs %J Latvian Journal of Chemistry %D 2010 %I %R 10.2478/v10161-010-0002-z %X Ethyl 2'-hydroxy-1',2',3',4'-tetrahydro[3,4']bipyridine-3'-carboxylate 3 and the corresponding ethyl 1',4'-dihydro[3,4']bipyridine-3'-carboxylate 4 as potential cardiovascular agents have been prepared by alkylation of 2'-hydroxy-1',2',3',4'-tetrahydro[3,4']bipyridine-6'-thiolate 1 or betaine 2 with ethyl bromoacetate. The treatment of [3,4']bipyridine 4 with KOH/H2O gave diethyl 3-amino-4-(pyridin-3-yl)-4,7-dihydrothieno[2,3-b]-pyridine-2,5-dicarboxylate 5, but subsequent treatment of the remaining reaction mixture with acetic acid excess gave ethyl 3-oxo-7-(pyridin-3-yl)-2,3-dihydro-7H-thiazolo[3,2-a]pyridine-6-carboxylate 7 - the product of intramolecular acylation. Compounds 4, 5 and 7 have been prepared using the one-pot synthesis method. Alkylation of [3,4']bipyridine 4 with iodomethane gave 1',4'-dihydro[3,4'] bipyridin-1-ium iodide 8. %K [3 %K 4']bipyridine %K piperidinium pyridine-6-thiolate %K 7H-thiazolo[3 %K 2-a]pyridine %K thieno[2 %K 3-b]pyridine %K [3 %K 4']bipyridin-1-ium iodide %U http://versita.metapress.com/content/7l6827681l216088/?p=e2cc29d2bc374975a93f28996934d652&pi=1