ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of 1,3-Disubstituted Imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines from Amino Acids via Catalytic Decarboxylative Intramolecular Cyclization.

2-Aryloylpyridines or quinolines efficiently react with aryl or alkyl substituted α-amino acids, thus offering not only a novel approach to 1,3-diaryl substituted imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines, but also to 3-alkyl-1-aryl substituted derivatives which are difficult to access by previously developed methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]