A series of 3‐substituted octahydroimidazo[1,5‐a]pyridines has been prepared. An nmr study at several temperatures showed that 3‐phenyloctahydroimidazo[1,5‐a] pyridine (XIII) and 3‐t‐butyloctahydroimidazo[1,5‐a] pyridine (XIV) exhibited ring‐chain tautomerism. The n‐propyl (X), isopropyl (XI) and benzyl (XII) derivatives did not show this form of isomerism. It has also been shown that Crabb and Newton's statement (3) that Freed and Day (1) had failed to obtain the parent compound, octahydroimidazo[1,5‐a]pyridine (1), is incorrect.
Zur Sicherstellung der Strukturen wurde aus Piperidin‐2‐carbonester (I) mit Cyansäure das Cyclisierungsprodukt (II) hergestellt, das bei Behandlung mit Lithiumalanat zum Octahydro‐imidazo(1,5‐a)pyridin (III) reduziert wird.
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