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Keywords:

  • heterocycles;
  • pyridinium salts
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The 103-year-old reaction of N-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)pyridinium chloride with primary amines was rediscovered by two research groups recently. Since neither authors nor referees knew the pertinent literature, the products were assigned the structure of the diaza[12]annulenes 1, although they are nothing but N-substituted pyridinium salts.