Potassium Iodide → Tert-butyl [3-(2-methyl-2-nitropropyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-8-yloxy)-acetate

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3-(2-Methyl-2-nitropropyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-8-ol (1.0 g, 4.25 mmol), tert-butyl chloroacetate (964 mg, 6.4 mmol), potassium carbonate (590 mg, 4.27 mmol), and a small amount of potassium iodide in 2-butanone (30 ml) are reacted as described in Amine 9. The crude product residue is chromatographed on silica gel with dichloromethane/ethanol 9:1 to give 1.2 g of tert-butyl [3-(2-methyl-2-nitropropyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-8-yloxy]-acetate (81%).

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