Visible Light Organic Photoredox-Catalyzed C–H Alkoxylation of Imidazopyridine with Alcohol

Abstract

The visible light-mediated C-3 alkoxylation of imidazopyridines with alcohols has been achieved using rose bengal as an organic photoredox catalyst at room temperature. Widely abundant air acts as the terminal oxidant that avoids the use of a stoichiometric amount of peroxo compounds. A wide range of functional groups could be tolerated under the reaction conditions to produce C(sp²)-H alkoxylated products in high yields.