“…Chemical shifts are expressed from TMS using residual CHCl3 at δ 7.30 ppm, and from the central resonance of CDCl3 at δ 77.1 ppm. The following compounds were obtained according to described procedures: 2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine 2a [16] , 8-methyl-2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine 2b [17] , 7-methyl-2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine 2c [17] , 6-methyl-2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine 2d [17] , 8-benzyloxy-2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine 2e [18] , 2-bromoacetylpyridine 3a [19] , 2-bromo-1-(naphth-2-yl)ethanone 3b [20] , 7-methyl-2-(biphen-4-yl)imidazo-[1,2-a]pyridine 4c [21] , 7-methyl-2-(thien-2-yl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine 4d [22] , 7-methyl-2-(fur-2-yl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine 4e [23] , 3-nitroso-2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine 5 [24] , 7-methyl-3-nitroso-2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine 7 [12] , and 8-benzyloxy-3-nitroso-2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine 9 [25] . Original 1 H NMR for previously reported compounds are given in Table 2.…”