Microwave-assisted heteropolyanion-based ionic liquid promoted sustainable protocol to N-heteroaryl amides via N-directing dual catalyzed oxidative amidation of aldehydes
A sustainable procedure for the synthesis of N-heteroaryl amides directly from oxidative amidation of aldehydes catalyzed by heteropolyanion-based ionic liquids under microwave-promoted conditions has been reported. The transformation has proven to tolerate a wide range of aldehydes and amino heterocycles with different functional groups. Moderate to excellent yields, solvent-free media, operational simplicity and reusability of catalysts are the main highlights. Furthermore, the proposed N-directing dual-catalysis mechanistic pathway was briefly investigated in this report.
Rapid synthesis of imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine containing polycyclics by means of palladium-catalyzed amidation of 2-chloro-3-nitropyridine
Regioselective nucleophilic substitution of 2-chloro 3-nitropyridine with heterocyclic amides under Pd-catalyzed reaction conditions as described by Buchwald yielded imidazo [4,5-b] pyridine-containing polycyclics as novel scaffolds.