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Reaction of 2-aminopyridine with allyl bromide, methallyl chloride, 2-bromoallyl bromide, and propargyl bromide in acetone furnished 2-amino-1-allyl-, methallyl-, (2-bromoallyl)-, and propargylpyridinium halides. 2-Amino-1-allyl(methallyl)pyridinium halides reacted with bromine and iodine to form 2-halomethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridinium systems. 2-Amino-1-(2-bromoallyl)pyridinium bromide underwent heterocyclization under the action of bromine, and did not react with iodine. 2-Amino-1-propargylpyridinium bromide reacted with bromine and iodine to form 2-halomemylene-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridinium systems.

2-Iodomethyl-2,3-dihydro[1,3]oxazolo[3,2-a]pyridinium triiodide was synthesized by the reaction of 1-allylpyridin-2(1H)-one with hydrogen iodide in the presence of hydrogen peroxide or with iodine in acetone. The title compound reacted with palladium(II) iodide in DMSO to give crystalline bis(2-iodomethyl-2,3-dihydro[1,3]oxazolo[3,2-a]pyridinium) di-μ2-iodido-tetraiodidodipalladate(II) whose structure was proved by X-ray analysis. The reaction of 2-iodomethyl-2,3-dihydro[1,3]oxazolo[3,2-a]pyridinium triiodide with sodium iodide in acetone afforded 2-iodomethyl-2,3-dihydro[1,3]oxazolo[3,2-a]pyridinium iodide which decomposed into initial 1-allylpyridin-2(1H)-one and iodine on heating in methanol.