Laboratorio de Radicales Libres y Química Computacional, IQOG (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006-Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
The Sandmeyer reaction of differently C-2 substituted N-(prop-2-yn-1-ylamino)pyridines is an efficient, mild, new and practical method for the stereospecific synthesis of (E)-exo-halomethylene bicyclic pyridones bearing the imidazo1,2-a]pyridine heterocyclic ring system.