TY - JOUR A1 - Baranac-Stojanovic, Marija A1 - Tatar, Jovanan A1 - Kleinpeter, Erich A1 - Markovic, Rade T1 - High-Yield Synthesis of Substituted and Unsubstituted Pyridinium Salts Containing a 4-Oxothiazolidine Moiety N2 - A new series of unsubstituted and substituted pyridinium salts bearing a 4-oxothiazolidinyl moiety has been prepared by an efficient rearrangement of 2-(1-bromoalkylidene)thiazolidin-4-ones. The process in based on three steps, namely carbon-bromine cleavage, bromine transfer, and substitution, each induced by pyridine or its derivatives, acting as base and reactant. Y1 - 2008 ER -