Water-accelerated selective synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted benzimidazoles at room temperature catalyzed by Brønsted acidic ionic liquid

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 38, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 4272-4281

  Dabiri, Minoo ^a   Salehi, Peyman ^a   Baghbanzadeh, Mostafa ^a   Shakouri Nikcheh, Maryam ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aldehyde; Benzimidazole; Heterocycle; Ionic liquid; Water

Indexed keywords

1,2 PHENYLENEDIAMINE; ALDEHYDE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BRONSTED ACID; IONIC LIQUID; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 55349087928     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802326539     Document Type: Article

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