

A variety of pyridine derivatives were converted into their corresponding N-oxides in the presence of a catalytic amount of manganese tetrakis(2,6-diclorophenyl)porphyrin and ammonium acetate in CH 2Cl 2/CH 3CN 8, 10. In research on attaching different groups to the pyridine ring, scientists have tested various methodologies to produce an easy and conventional method, since isoxazolines requires a catalytic amount of base such as DBU in boiling xylene to form 6-substituted-2-aminopyridine N-oxides 8, 9. Pyridine N-oxides and many of their ring-functionalized derivatives are recurrent molecules of biologically active and pharmacological agents 5, and a clear spatial distribution by different spectroscopic tools has been established for some of them 6, 7. Probably the most frequent use of such compounds is in various oxidation reactions where they act as oxidants 4. This property has an essential chemical consequence, because it can increase the nucleophilicity of the Lewis acids towards potential electrophiles and thus allow them to react under conditions where normally the reaction would not occur. Particularly, pyridine N-oxides are Lewis bases, because their N-O moiety may act as an electron donor, and they may combine with Lewis acids forming the corresponding Lewis acid-base pairs. N-oxides are distinctive by the presence of a donor bond between nitrogen and oxygen formed by the overlap of the nonbonding electron pair on the nitrogen with an empty orbital on the oxygen atom 3. Pyridine, where a nitrogen atom substitutes a carbon atom, presents a similar chemical reactivity to analogue rings composed solely of carbon atoms 3, and it usually undergoes a substitution mechanism rather than addition. Nowadays, scientists around the globe have been investing resources into the development of new synthetic routes for the functionalization of aromatic groups, which are known for low reactivity front to addition reactions 1, 2, 3. Importantly, the double methyl substituted ring and a reaction time of 5 h, makes it a more versatile method and with wider chemical applications for future ring insertions.

The hydrated molecules may be possible for the alkaline system that is reached by adjusting the pH to 10. The X-ray suitable crystal compound 1 was possible due to the stabilization of the negative charge in the oxygen by the presence of two water molecules where the hydrogen atoms donate positive charge into the ring such water molecules serve well to construct a supramolecular interaction. The substituted ring used in the methodology presented here clearly influenced the addition of water molecules into the asymmetric unit, which confers a different nucleophilic strength in 1. Ochiai first used the methodology for non-substituted pyridines in 1957 in a 12 h process, but no X-ray suitable crystals were obtained. The synthesis of 3,5-lutidine N-oxide dehydrate, 1, was achieved in the synthesis route of 2-amino-pyridine-3,5-dicarboxylic acid.
