Cu (OTf) 2-catalyzed synthesis of imidazo [1, 2-a] pyridines from α-diazoketones and 2-aminopyridines

…, BVS Reddy, YG Rao, M Srinivas, AV Narsaiah

Index: Yadav; Subba Reddy; Gopal Rao; Srinivas; Narsaiah Tetrahedron Letters, 2007 , vol. 48, # 43 p. 7717 - 7720

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Abstract

α-Diazoketones undergo smooth coupling with 2-aminopyridines in the presence of 10mol% of copper (II) triflate to produce the corresponding 2-substituted imidazo [1, 2-a] pyridines (IPs) in excellent yields with high selectivity. Rh2 (OAc) 4 is also found to be an equally effective catalyst for this transformation.