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Org Lett. 2016 Apr 01;18(7):1686-9. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00607. Epub 2016 Mar 17.

Dual Roles of Methyl Ketones in Radziszewski-Type Reaction: Formal [2 + 1 + 1 + 1] Synthesis of 1,2,5-Trisubstituted Imidazoles.

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Jingjing Zhang, Qinghe Gao, Xia Wu, Xiao Geng, Yan-Dong Wu, Anxin Wu

Affiliations

  1. Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, P. R. China.

PMID: 26985658 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00607

Abstract

A highly efficient molecular iodine mediated Radziszewski-type reaction of methyl ketones, anilines, and tosylmethyl isocyanide has been developed. This protocol represents an elegant molecular fragment assembly of imidazoles via a formal [2 + 1 + 1 + 1] annulation. It is the first example where methyl ketones serve as the α-dicarbonyl compounds and aldehydes in Radziszewski-type reactions.

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