Ethyl 8-amino-6-bromoimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-2-carboxylate

Abstract

There are two independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C10H10BrN3O2, which are linked by N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The fused ring systems in both mol­ecules are nearly planar with maximum deviations of 0.001 (3) and 0.029 (3) Å. All non-H atoms of the first mol­ecule are approximately co-planar whereas in the second mol­ecule, the ethyl group is almost perpendicular to the imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine system, the C—O—C—C torsion angles in the carb­oxy­lic acid ethyl group being −179.8 (4) and 112.1 (5)°, respectively.