“…N-(tert-Butyl)-2-(2-nitrophenyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3amine was prepared by our reported method (reagent quantities: 1 eq. of tert-butyl isocyanide and 0.5 mmol of iodine; Dhanalakshmi et al, 2018) and confirmed by NMR, ESI-MS and IR spectroscopy. 1 H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl 3 ) = 8.19 (d, J = 6.9, 1H), 7.91 (dd, J = 8.1, 0.9, 1H), 7.80 (d, J = 1.2, 1H), 7.65 (d, J = 1.1, 1H), 7.51 (dd, J = 16.4, 4.9, 2H), 7.16 (ddd, J = 9.0, 6.7, 1.2, 1H), 6.81 (d, J = 0.9, 1H), 0.95 (s, 9H).…”