Electrochemical Synthesis of Imidazopyridine and Benzylidene Malononitrile

Abstract

A one-pot electrochemical synthesis of two medically interesting compounds is presented. 2-Phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine and 2-(4-fluorobenzylidene)malononitrile were prepared using previously used starting materials. The reaction consists of electrochemical methods without adding additional reagents, giving product yields of about 82–90% at 5.0 V, leading to a different approach for synthesizing important organic compounds with efficient route.

Keywords

• electrochemical synthesis
• one-pot synthesis
• imidazopyridine
• benzylidene malononitrile