“…The following compounds were prepared according to published methods:p ropane-1,3-diyl bis(trifluoromethanesulfonate) (21), [44,45] 2-tert-butylpyridine (17), [27] 2-(pyridin-3-yl)propan-2-ol (9), [33] rac-nicotine (rac-26), [28] 1-(tert-butyl)-1H-imidazole (41) [29] and the 4-tertbutyl-substituted pyridine derivatives 4-(tert-butyl)-3-methylpyridine (33), 4-(tert-butyl)-3-methoxypyridine (31), 4-(tert-butyl)-3chloropyridine (28), 3-bromo-4-(tert-butyl)pyridine (29), 4-(tert-butyl)pyridine-3-carbonitrile (30), ethyl 4-(tert-butyl)pyridine-3-carboxylate (36), 4-(tert-butyl)-3-fluoropyridin-1-ium chloride (27), 4-(tertbutyl)-3-phenylpyridine (34), 4-(tert-butyl)-N,N-dimethylpyridine-3carboxamide (32), and 4-(tert-butyl)-3-ethynylpyridine (35). [30] Generalprocedures Synthesis of symmetric bispyridinium compounds by N-alkylation with 21 (GP1): 21 (1.0 equiv) was carefully added to asolution of the corresponding pyridine derivative (2.5 equiv) in CH 2 Cl 2 (0.8 mL mmol À1 )o rt ot he neat pyridine derivative (2.5 equiv) at room temperature.…”