Metal-free synthesis of imidazopyridine from nitroalkene and 2-aminopyridine in the presence of a catalytic amount of iodine and aqueous hydrogen peroxide

Yuma Tachikawa, Yoshitomo Nagasawa, Sohei Furuhashi, Lei Cui, Eiji Yamaguchi, Norihiro Tada, Tsuyoshi Miura, Akichika Itoh

RSC Advances · 2015 · 30 citations · 48 references

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Abstract

We have developed a metal-free synthetic method for 3-nitroimidazo[1,2-<italic>a</italic>]pyridines from nitroalkenes and 2-aminopyridines using catalytic amounts of iodine and aqueous hydrogen peroxide as a terminal oxidant.

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