Hayaki Okai, Kazumasa Tanimoto, Ryoma Ohkado
Oct 2, 2020
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Organic letters
Abstract
Herein, we report an aerobic oxidative C-N bond-forming process that enables the facile synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and takes advantage of a coupled organocatalytic system that uses flavin and iodine. Furthermore, the dual catalytic system can be applied to the one-pot, three-step synthesis of 3-thioimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines from aminopyridines, ketones, and thiols.