Hydrochloric Acid → IMidazo[1,2-a]pyridine, 6-broMo-3-Methyl-

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2-Bromo-1,1-diethoxypropane (5g) was added to a stirring solution of aq. 1N HCl (15 mL) and heated at 90° C. for 1 h. The clear reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and treated with solid NaHCO3 till pH 7.0. 2-amino-5-bromopyridine (1.8 G) and MeOH (25 mL) were transferred successively to the above reaction mixture and heated at 90° C. After 8 h, the reaction mixture was concentrated under vacuum by rotary evaporator. The resulting solid concentrate was stirred in CH2Cl2/water (200 mL/75 ml). Organic layer was separated, dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated. The crude concentrate was stirred in EtOAc (30 mL) and the solid was collected by filtration to obtain 6-bromo-3-methylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine as a tan solid (1.6 g). 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 8.55 (s, 1H), 7.50 (d, J=9.5 Hz, 1H), 7.37 (s, 1H), 7.28 (d, J=9.5 Hz, 1H), 2.44 (s, 3H).

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