Condensation between 2-bromo-4'-(dimethylamino)acetophenone (I) and 2-amino-5-bromopyridine (II) gives rise to the imidazopyridine (III). Subsequent palladium-catalyzed stannylation of (III) affords the tributyltin derivative (IV). The target radio-iodinated compound is then obtained by iododstannylation of (IV) with [125I] iodide in the presence of H2O2 (1,2)