Acidic ionic liquid [(CH2)4SO3HMIM] [HSO4]: A green media for the simple and straightforward synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted imidazoles

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1998-2006

  Heravi, Majid M ^a   Zakeri, Masoumeh ^a   Karimi, Narges ^a   Saeedi, Mina ^a   Oskooie, Hossien A ^a   Tavakoli Hosieni, Niloofar ^b  

^a ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brnsted acidic ionic liquid; Multicomponent reaction; One pot synthesis; Solvent free conditions; Trisubstituted imidazole

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRISUBSTITUTED IMIDAZOLE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IONIC LIQUID; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77953399887     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910903219377     Document Type: Article

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