Xinsheng Xiao, Ying Xie, S. Bai
Jul 31, 2015
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Organic letters
Abstract
An efficient one-pot and transition-metal-free chlorocyclization cascade of 2-aminopyridines with aliphatic carboxylic acids is reported. This transformation provides a novel approach to 2-chloro- or 3-chloro-substituted imidazo[1, 2-α]pyridines with a broad range of substrate scopes.