Synthesis of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines via cyclocondensation of 2-(aminomethyl)pyridines with electrophilically activated nitroalkanes

• Dmitrii A. Aksenov,
• Nikolai A. Arutiunov,
• Vladimir V. Maliuga,
• Alexander V. Aksenov and
• Michael Rubin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2903–2910, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.239

• , USA 10.3762/bjoc.16.239 Abstract Imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines were efficiently prepared via the cyclization of 2-picolylamines with nitroalkanes electrophilically activated in the presence of phosphorous acid in polyphosphoric acid (PPA) medium. Keywords: cyclization; heterocycles; imidazo[1,5-a

• ]pyridines; nitroalkanes; polyphosphoric acid; Introduction It is hard to overstate the importance of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines in modern organic and medicinal chemistry. Several natural alkaloids possessing this core were isolated from marine sponges, for example, cribrostatin 6 (Figure 1) [1][2][3]. The

• development of efficient synthetic methods to access imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines, with more than 120,000 individual compounds prepared to date. Most synthetic approaches rely on various cyclocondensations of nucleophilic (2-aminomethyl)pyridine precursors, introducing a new five-membered ring. Typically

Synthesis and anticancer activity of bis(2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl) selenides and diselenides: the copper-catalyzed tandem C–H selenation of 2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine with selenium

• Mio Matsumura,
• Tsutomu Takahashi,
• Hikari Yamauchi,
• Shunsuke Sakuma,
• Yukako Hayashi,
• Tadashi Hyodo,
• Tohru Obata,
• Kentaro Yamaguchi,
• Yasuyuki Fujiwara and
• Shuji Yasuike

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1075–1083, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.94

• %, reaction iv, Scheme 1): only 2a was isolated in 72% yield even when 0.5 equiv of Se powder was used. We considered that the reaction mechanism may be similar to the Csp²–H selenation of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines with Se powder proposed by Murai [34]. Based on this report and the above-mentioned control

• oxidant) as the selenium source under acidic conditions, and the substrate scope and limitations have not been clarified. Moreover, the syntheses of bis(2-arylimidazo[1,5-a]pyridin-3-yl) selenides and diselenides have recently been investigated using Cu-catalyzed reactions involving imidazo[1,5-a

• ]pyridines, which are isomers of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines, with Se powder [34]. However, in this reaction, selenides and diselenides were generated in ratios of approximately 1:1; hence, an efficient selective synthesis has not yet been achieved. Inspired by the aforementioned reports and our continuing

Recent advances on the transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of imidazopyridines: an updated coverage

• Gagandeep Kour Reen,
• Ashok Kumar and
• Pratibha Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1612–1704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.165

• have described a Cu(I)-catalyzed direct transannulation of N-heteroaryl aldehydes/ketones 36a,b with aryl/alkylamines 35 to form imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines 37 [11]. They have utilized aerial oxygen as a greener oxidant for oxidation during the reaction (Scheme 13). Mechanistically, the reaction involved

• well, giving the corresponding products in excellent yields. This protocol served as a novel route for the synthesis of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines 37 via oxidative amination of sp3 C–H bonds in the aerial atmosphere. The reaction involved oxidative dehydrogenation of benzylamine intermediate 92 to form 93

• 2-benzoylpyridine (145) and different benzylamines was carried out to synthesize 1,3-diarylated imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines (Scheme 50). The reaction took place under aerobic conditions utilizing Cu-MOF-74 as a catalyst [130]. The reaction was unprecedented in terms of oxidative amination of C(sp3)–H