This review provides a comprehensive compilation of available literature concerning the reactions of 1,2- & 1,4- dihydropyridines, which have opened new frontiers in the area of synthetic and medicinal chemistry. These reactions mainly include cycloaddition, 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition, alkoxy halogenation, diamination, hydroxyamination, oxidation, hydroxylation, photooxygenation reaction, nucleophilic addition, cyclization, electrophilic substitution, multicomponent reactions (MCRs) and rearrangement reactions. 1,4-Dihydropyridine has also been used in hydrogen transfer reactions as a synthetic NADH model for the reduction of several important molecules in excellent yields.

这篇综述提供了有关1,2-和1,4-二氢吡啶反应的现有文献的详尽汇编，这些文献在合成和药物化学领域开辟了新的领域。这些反应主要包括环加成反应，1，3-偶极环加成反应，烷氧基卤化，双氨基化，羟基氨基化，氧化，羟基化，光氧合反应，亲核加成，环化，亲电取代，多组分反应（MCR）和重排反应。1,4-二氢吡啶也已用于氢转移反应中，作为合成的NADH模型，用于以优异的产率还原多个重要分子。