N-bromobutanimide → 3-bromo-5H,6H,7H,8H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine

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375 mg of the 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine [44-1] was dissolved in 10 mL of carbon tetrachloride, then 546 mg of N-bromosuccinimide was added, and the mixture was heated for 30 minutes under reflux. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography and then by preparative thin-layer chromatography sequentially, to obtain 155 mg of 3-bromo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine [44-2] as a pale yellow solid.

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