One-pot synthesis of 1 H-benzimidazole derivatives using thiamine hydrochloride as a reusable organocatalyst

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 42, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 2981-2993

  Lei, Min ^a   Ma, Lei ^b   Hu, Lihong ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

1 H benzimidazole; Aldehyde; green chemistry; o phenylenediamine; thiamine hydrochloride (VB 1

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; THIAMINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ONE POT SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84862872784     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2011.573610     Document Type: Article

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