5616. 2,6-Lutidine
Nomenclature
CAS number: 108-48-5
2,6-Dimethylpyridine; α,α′-lutidin. C7H9N; mol wt 107.15.
C 78.46%, H 8.47%, N 13.07%.
Description and references
Isolated from the basic fraction of coal tar: Heap et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 43, 1936 (1921); from a bone oil fraction: Ladenburg, Roth, Ber. 18, 51 (1885). Synthesis from ethyl acetoacetate, formaldehyde, and ammonia: Singer, McElvain, Org. Synth. coll. vol. II, 214 (1943).
