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Org Lett. 2015 Sep 04;17(17):4308-11. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b02124. Epub 2015 Aug 26.

Access to Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines via Annulation of α-Keto Vinyl Azides and 2-Aminopyridines.

Organic letters

Praveen Reddy Adiyala, Geeta Sai Mani, Jagadeesh Babu Nanubolu, Kunta Chandra Shekar, Ram Awatar Maurya

Affiliations

  1. Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) , Hyderabad-500007, India.
  2. Centre for X-ray Crystallography, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad-500007, India.

PMID: 26308984 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b02124

Abstract

A novel strategy for the synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines via efficient catalyst/metal-free annulations of α-keto vinyl azides and 2-aminopyridines is described. Several imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines were synthesized from readily available vinyl azides and 2-aminopyridines and obtained in highly pure form by simply evaporating the reaction solvent. This remarkably high yielding and atom economical protocol allows the formation of three new C-N bonds through cascade reactions and rearrangements.

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