The major tautomers of the pseudobases of 1,5- and 1,8-naphthyridine dications
Abstract
A recent interpretation of the structures of the pseudobases of the 1,5-dimethyl-1,5-naphthyridine and 5,6-dihydroimidazo[1,2,3-ij][1,8]naphthyridine dications which involves species bearing bridgehead hydrogen atoms is shown to be in error. The spectral data are consistent with the major pseudobase species being the expected 1,2-dihydro-2-hydroxynaphthyridines.