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SUBMITTER: Outlaw VK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4500639 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Organic letters 20150327 8
An efficient route to substituted N-fused aromatic heterocycles, including indolizines, imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines, and imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines from azole aldehydes, is reported. Wittig olefination of the aldehydes with fumaronitrile and triethylphosphine affords predominantly E-alkenes that undergo rapid cyclization upon treatment with a mild base. Substituent control of the 1-, 2-, and 3-positions of the resulting heteroaromatic bicycles is shown. Alternatively, the isolable E-alkene undergoes se ...[more]