An effective approach to realize the direct hydroxyalkylation of imidazo[1,2- a]pyridines with alcohols promoted by di- tert-butyl peroxide was described without any metal catalyst. It is the first time that the dehydrogenative C(sp)-C(sp) coupling of imidazo[1,2- a]pyridines with alcohols occurred regioselectively at the C-5 position of imidazo[1,2- a]pyridines. Multisubstituted imidazopyridine derivatives were smoothly synthesized in moderate to good yields. Through a series of control experiments, a free-radical pathway was proposed to explain the experiment.
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