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SUBMITTER: Tjutrins J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5354067 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20161103 2
We describe here a tandem catalytic route to prepare imidazoles in a single operation from aryl iodides, imines and CO. The reaction involves a catalytic carbonylation of aryl halides with imines to form 1,3-dipoles, which undergo spontaneous 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. Overall, this offers an alternative to coupling reactions to construct the (hetero)aryl-imidazole motif, where variation of the building blocks can allow the synthesis of broad families of imidazoles with independent control of al ...[more]