Xiaoqiang Zhou, Hao Yan, Chaowei Ma
Jan 4, 2016
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The Journal of organic chemistry
Abstract
A conversion of pyridines and enamides for the synthesis of 3-bromo-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines was developed by copper-mediated aerobic oxidative coupling in a one-pot manner. This procedure tolerates various functional groups and affords a series of 3-bromo-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines under mild conditions.