E. Abignente, P. Caprariis, R. Patscot
Jul 1, 1986
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Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry
Abstract
A series of heterocyclic compounds having an imidazole ring fused with another ring with a bridgehead nitrogen atom and bearing a trifluoromethyl moiety was synthesized by reaction of 3-bromo-1,1,1-trifluoroacetone with various heteroarylamines. In some cases, an intermediate compound obtained together with the required product was isolated and its structure was elucidated: e.g., starting from 2-aminopyridine we have obtained 2-trifluoromethylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine and 2-hydroxy-2-trifluoromethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazo [1,2-a]pyridinium bromide. Such results confirmed the mechanism previously proposed for this reaction.