Substituted pyridines CHR1R2(C5H4N) are dehydrogenated by free-t-butoxy-radicals to the radicals ·CR1R2(C5H4N) which then dimerise to an extent depending on the nature of R1 and R2. Diphenylacetonitrile and p-nitrocumene undergo similar reactions though 2-methylquinoline is apparently unreactive.
K. K. Chiu and H. H. Huang, J. Chem. Soc. C, 1969, 2758 DOI: 10.1039/J39690002758
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