An Approach to Quinoline-Fused Imidazopyridines via CDC of Ethers with Imidazopyridines under Metal-Free Conditions

2-Aminopyridine - an unsung hero in drug discovery

2-Aminopyridine is a simple, low molecular weight and perfectly functionalised moiety known for the synthesis of diverse biological molecules. Many pharmaceutical companies across the globe aim to synthesise low-molecular weight molecules for use as pharmacophores against various biological targets. 2-Aminopyridine can serve as a perfect locomotive in the synthesis and pulling of such molecules towards respective pharmacological goals. The major advantage of this moiety is its simple design, which can be used to produce single products with minimum side reactions. Moreover, the exact weight of synthesised compounds is low, which enables facile identification of toxicity-causing metabolites in drug discovery programmes. This manuscript is a quick review of such pharmacophores derived from 2-aminopyridine.

Manganese-catalyzed dehydrogenative Csp3-Csp2 coupling of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines with methyl ketones

A Mn(ii)-catalyzed efficient C-H alkylation of imidazoheterocycles with methyl ketones has been developed via dehydrogenative C(sp3)-C(sp2) coupling which can serve as a novel approach toward hydrocarboxylated imidazolopyridines. The merit of this strategy is illustrated by excellent functional group tolerance and the use of cheap and readily available starting materials.

An expeditious microwave assisted one-pot sequential route to pyrido fused imidazo[4,5-c] quinolines in green media

A novel one-pot sequential route for the synthesis of pyrido[2′,1′:2,3]imidazo[4,5-c]quinolines via microwave-assisted sequential reaction of 2-aminopyridines, 2-bromophenacyl bromides, and aldehydes has been developed in green media.