Tetrahedron Letters

Microwave-assisted organic synthesis of 3-substituted-imidazo [1, 5-a] pyridines

VS Arvapalli, G Chen, S Kosarev, ME Tan, D Xie…

Index: Arvapalli, Venkata Satyanarayana; Chen, Guangwu; Kosarev, Sergey; Tan, Meifen Evonne; Xie, Dejian; Yet, Larry Tetrahedron Letters, 2010 , vol. 51, # 2 p. 284 - 286

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Abstract

We now report a convenient microwave-assisted organic synthesis of 3-substituted-imidazo[1 ,5-a]pyridines and describe the scope and limitation of this method. Methyl picolinate (1) was reacted with various amines under microwave irradiation at 200 °C in anhydrous 1,4-dioxane to give picolinamides 2, 20 which after isolation were then cyclized in phosphorus oxychloride also under microwave conditions at 150 °C for 45 min or at 180 °C for 10 min to give 3- ...