Synthesis of benzimidazoles and benzoxazoles using palladium bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionate) as a novel catalyst

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1743-1749

  Bhor, Malhari D ^a   Bhanage, Bhalchandra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

Benzimidazoles; DRA; Hydrogenation; N arylation; Pd(TMHD)2 complex

Indexed keywords

2 NITROANILINE; 2 NITROPHENOL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALDEHYDE; AMINE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BENZOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; METAL COMPLEX; PALLADIUM BIS(2,2,6,6 TETRAMETHYL 3,5 HEPTANEDIONATE); TRICHOSTATIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIZATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGENATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ONE POT SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77952568529     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910903161728     Document Type: Article

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