Potassium Carbonate → Ethyl 8-(benzyloxy)-2,6-dimethylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-carboxylate

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Under argon, 105 g (270 mmol) of ethyl 8-(benzyloxy)-6-bromo-2-methylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-carboxylate from Example 237A were suspended in 4.2 l of 1,4-dioxane, 135.4 g (539 mmol, purity 50%) of trimethylboroxine, 31.2 g (27 mmol) of tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) and 78.3 g (566 mmol) of potassium carbonate were added in succession and the mixture was stirred under reflux for 8 h. The reaction mixture, cooled to RT, was filtered off from the precipitate over silica gel and the filtrate was concentrated. The residue was dissolved in dichloromethane and purified by silica gel chromatography (dichloromethane:ethyl acetate=9:1). This gave 74 g (84.6% of theory; purity 100%) of the target compound.

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