Green, one-pot, solvent-free synthesis of 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted imidazoles using a brønsted acidic ionic liquid as novel and reusable catalyst

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2588-2597

  Davoodnia, Abolghasem ^a   Heravi, Majid M ^b   Safavi Rad, Zahra ^a   Tavakoli Hoseini, Niloofar ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Br nsted acidic ionic liquids; multicomponent reactions; one pot synthesis; solvent free conditions; tetrasubstituted imidazole

Indexed keywords

3 METHYL 1 (4 SULFONIC ACID)BUTYLIMIDAZOLIUM HYDROGEN SULFATE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; AMINE; AMMONIUM ACETATE; BRONSTED ACID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IONIC LIQUID; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; POLYMERIZATION; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77955452964     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910903289271     Document Type: Article

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