Kamarul Monir, Monoranjan Ghosh, Sourav Jana, Pallab Mondal, Adinath Majee and Alakananda Hajra
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2015,13, 8717-8722
DOI:
10.1039/C5OB01345C,
Paper
A simple and practical method has been developed for the regioselective nitrosylation of imidazopyridines via C(sp2)–H bond functionalization using tert-butyl nitrite under mild reaction conditions in a short time. A library of 3-nitrosoimidazopyridines with broad functionalities was synthesized in near quantitative yields. The present protocol is also applicable to imidazo[2,1-b]thiazole and benzo[d]imidazo[2,1-b]thiazole.