... N. J. Curtis and R. S. Brown* Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2 Received April 22, 1980 ... 1980 American Chemical Society Page 2. Route to 2-Substituted Imidazoles J. Org. Chem., Vol. 45, No. 20, 1980 4039 ,^ recovered. ...