Metal- and Solvent-Free Approach to Diversely Substituted Picolinates via Domino Reaction of Cyclic Sulfamidate Imines with β,γ-Unsaturated α-Ketocarbonyls.

An efficient, solvent-free, and eco-friendly domino reaction of 5/6-membered cyclic sulfamidate imines with a variety of β,γ-unsaturated α-ketocarbonyls in neat conditions under MW irradiation promoted by DABCO as a solid organobase has been developed for the rapid construction of a novel class of densely functionalized picolinates. This interesting metal-solvent-free tactic allows a wide range of useful functionalities on the aryl rings and delivers good to excellent yields of the aforesaid aza-heterocycles within short time spans (20-40 min). A biologically promising imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine was successfully synthesized through our unique procedure.