Facile and Selective Synthesis of 2-Substituted Benzimidazoles Catalyzed by FeCl3/ Al2O3

Guo-Feng Chen; Xiao-Yun Dong

doi:10.1155/2012/197174

E-Journal of Chemistry (Jan 2012)

Facile and Selective Synthesis of 2-Substituted Benzimidazoles Catalyzed by FeCl3/ Al2O3

Guo-Feng Chen,
Xiao-Yun Dong

Affiliations

Guo-Feng Chen: Key Laboratory of Medical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding-071002, China
Xiao-Yun Dong: Key Laboratory of Medical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding-071002, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/197174
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 289 – 293

Abstract

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2-Substituted benzimidazoles were synthesized in a single pot from aromatic aldehydes and o-phenylenediamine catalyzed by FeCl3/ Al2O3 in DMF at ambient temperature attained good yields and high selectivity.

Published in E-Journal of Chemistry

ISSN: 0973-4945 (Print); 2090-9810 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
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