Synthesis of a 2,3‘;6‘,3‘ ‘-Terpyridine Scaffold as an α-Helix Mimetic

A terpyridine scaffold has been designed as an α-helix mimetic. A facile synthesis of the ortho-functionalized 2,3‘-oligopyridine has been accomplished using sequential Bohlmann−Rahtz heteroannulation reactions.

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