An efficient synthesis of 2-arylimidazoles by oxidation of 2-arylimidazolines using activated carbon-O2 system and its application to palladium-catalyzed Mizoroki-Heck reaction

Tetrahedron

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2414-2417

  Haneda, Satoshi ^a   Okui, Ayaka ^a   Ueba, Chigusa ^a   Hayashi, Masahiko ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIHYDROIMIDAZOLE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; LIGAND; OXYGEN; PALLADIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; HECK REACTION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33846805932     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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