Practical, ecofriendly, and chemoselective method for the synthesis of 2-aryl-1-arylmethyl-1H-benzimidazoles using amberlite IR-120 as a reusable heterogeneous catalyst in aqueous media

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 980-991

  Sharma, Saikat Das ^a   Konwar, Dilip ^a  

^a Northeast Institute of Science and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

1,2 disubstituted benzimidazole; Amberlite IR 120; Aqueous media; Chemoselective; Heterogeneous catalysis

Indexed keywords

1 (2 CHLOROBENZYL) 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 1H 1,3 BENZIMIDAZOLE; 1 (2 FURYLMETHYL) 2 (2 FURYL) 1H 1,3 BENZIMIDAZOLE; 1 (2 METHOXYBENZYL) 2 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1H 1,3 BENZIMIDAZOLE; 1 (3 HYDROXY 4 METHOXYBENZYL) 2 (3 HYDROXY 4 METHOXYPHENYL) 1H 1,3 BENZIMIDAZOLE; 1 (3 HYDROXYBENZYL) 2 (3 HYDROXYPHENYL) 1H 1,3 BENZIMIDAZOLE; 1 (3,4 DIMETHOXYBENZYL) 2 (3,4 DIMETHOXYPHENYL) 1H 1,3 BENZIMIDAZOLE; 1 (4 BROMOBENZYL) 2 (4 BROMOPHENYL) 1H 1,3 BENZIMIDAZOLE; 1 (4 CHLOROBENZYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 1H 1,3 BENZIMIDAZOLE; 1 (4 CHLOROBENZYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 5,6 DIMETHYL 1H BENZIMIDAZOLE; 1 (4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYBENZYL) 2 (4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYL) 1H 1,3 BENZIMIDAZOLE; 1 (4 HYDROXYBENZYL) 2 (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 1H 1,3 BENZIMIDAZOLE; 1 (4 METHOXYBENZYL) 2 (4 METHOXYPHENYL) 1H 1,3 BENZIMIDAZOLE; 1 (4 METHYLBENZYL) 2 (4 METHYLPHENYL) 1H 1,3 BENZIMIDAZOLE; 1 BENZYL 2 PHENYL 1H 1,3 BENZIMIDAZOLE; 1,2 PHENYLENEDIAMINE; 2 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 1H BENZIMIDAZOLE; 5,6 DIMETHYL 1 (4 METHYLBENZYL) 2 (4 METHYLPHENYL) 1H BENZIMIDAZOLE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; POLACRILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; RECYCLING;

EID: 60849100224     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802448440     Document Type: Article

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