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Efficient one-pot synthesis of benzimidazoles under solvent-free conditions

LH Du, XP Luo

Index: Du, Li-Hua; Luo, Xi-Ping Synthetic Communications, 2010 , vol. 40, # 19 p. 2880 - 2886

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Abstract

A green, efficient method for the synthesis of various 2-aryl-benzimidazoles in the presence of hypervalent iodine as the oxidant at room temperature under solvent-free conditions is reported. The salient features of this method include mild conditions, short reaction times (3–