J. Crawforth, Melissa Paoletti
Aug 26, 2009
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
A one-pot synthesis of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines starting from a carboxylic acid and 2-methylaminopyridines allowing introduction of various substituents at the 1- and 3-positions is achieved using propane phosphoric acid anhydride in ethyl or n-butyl acetate at reflux.