The three-component synthesis of 3-aminoimidazo [1, 2-a] pyridine derivatives has been extended by a novel acid-induced dealkyation reaction that removes the 1, 1, 3, 3- tetramethylbutyl group derived from the isonitrile input. This reaction was conducted on the solid-phase using the HMBA linker and the resulting products subjected to reductive alkylation using several aldehydes, thereby accessing novel substitution patterns at the 3- ...