An Expedient Route to 1H-Benzimidazoles and 1H-Imidazopyridines

✍ Scribed by Jean-Jacques Vanden Eynde; Annie Mayence; André Maquestiau; Ernst Anders

• Book ID: 101761055
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 2010
• Weight: 280 KB
• Volume: 102
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0037-9646
• DOI: 10.1002/bscb.19931020509

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

1H‐Benzimidazoles, 1H‐imidazo[4,5‐b]pyridines, and 1H‐imidazo[4,5‐c]‐pyridines can be synthesized readily by reaction of unisolated N‐(1‐chloro‐alkyl)pyridinium chlorides with 1,2‐benzenediamines, 2,3‐pyridinediamine, and 3,4‐pyridinediamine respectively.