Organic chemistry
One-pot and one-step novel N-methylation of 2,6-diaminopyridine

Mehdi Nabati; Mehrdad Mahkam

Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 162-231, Serial No. 4 , July 2014, , Pages 162-167

Abstract
  2,6-diaminopyridine is extensively used as a pharmaceutical intermediate and a hair dye coupler as oxidation formulations. It is soluble in protic solvents. Primary and secondary amines are N-methylated by various methods such as direct alkylation of amines with Hofmann mechanism, but in many of these ...  Read More

One-pot and one-step novel N-methylation of 2,6-diaminopyridine