Recent Developments in the Synthesis of Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines

Abstract

Advances in the last decade for the synthesis of the imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine scaffold from various substrates employing approaches such as multicomponent reactions, tandem processes, rearrangement reactions, inter- and intramolecular oxidative/reductive cyclizations, and transition-metal-catalyzed C–H activation are summarized in this review. The mechanisms for the selected transformations are also discussed.