Ethyl (chloroformyl)acetate → Ethyl 7-(2-morpholinoethoxy)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-carboxylate

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4-(2-Morpholinoethoxy)pyridin-2-amine (1.37 g, 6.14 mmol) was dissolved in ethanol (20 ml) and treated with ethyl 2-chloro-3-oxopropanoate (5% solution in benzene, 30 mL). The mixture was refluxed overnight. The reaction mixture was cooled and concentrated to afford a beige solid (1.31 g), which was purified by chromatography on silica, eluting with a gradient from 50% EtOAc/Hexanes to 100% EtOAc, followed by 10% MeOH/DCM to provide 1.0 g of the desired product as a white solid.

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