An efficient method to access 2-substituted benzimidazoles under solvent-free conditions

…, FA Romero, TS Malcolm, BD Stevens, D Wodka…

Index: Lan, Ping; Romero, F. Anthony; Malcolm, Threshia S.; Stevens, Benjamin D.; Wodka, Dariusz; Makara, Gergely M. Tetrahedron Letters, 2008 , vol. 49, # 12 p. 1910 - 1914

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Abstract

An expeditious method to access 2-substituted benzimidazoles was developed. Both aromatic (phenols, anilines, and thiophenols) and alkyl nucleophiles (amines and thiols) react with 2-methylsulfonyl benzimidazole under solvent-free conditions to generate a variety of 2-substituted benzimidazoles.