M. Bakavoli et al., Microwave assisted heterocyclization: A rapid and efficient synthesis of imidazo [4,5-b] pyridines, I J HET CHE, 10(4), 2001, pp. 317-318
2,3-Diaminopyridine 1 and 2-chloro-3-amino-pyridine 2 reacted with urea and
thiourea under microwave irradiation in solventless system to afford imida
zo [4,5-b] pyridin-2-one 3 and imidazo [4,5-6] pyridin-2-thione 4 respectiv
ely.