New Synthetic Strategy toward Pyridine-Based Ligands for Supramolecular Chemistry Utilizing 2,6-Bis(trimethyltin)pyridine as the Central Building Block

2,6-Bis(trimethyltin)pyridine was synthesized in high yields and multigram quantities and used for Stille-type coupling procedures to prepare 2,2‘-bipyridines, 5,5‘ ‘-dimethyl-2,2‘:6‘,2‘ ‘-terpyridine, and 4,6-bis(5‘ ‘-methyl-2‘ ‘,2‘-bipyrid-6‘-yl)-2-phenylpyrimidine.