heteroaromatic system with pentafluoropyridine and 4-phenylsulfonyl-2, 3, 5, 6-
tetrafluoropyridine under basic conditions in dry THF at reflux was investigated. The
aromatic nucleophilic substitution of pentafluoropyridine with enolates occurs at the 4-
position of pyridine ring by the oxygen site of enolate. In contrast, the reaction of 4-
phenylsulfonyl-tetrafluoropyridine with enolates gives corresponding furo [3, 2-b] pyridine …