Carbonyl compounds I were subjected to an imidazole transfer reaction with N,N'-sulfinyldiimidazole or N,N'-carbonyldiimidazole to obtain the diimidazole II and the monoimidazole III. Various 1-vinylimidazoles IV, derived from o-hydroxyacetophenones by imidazole transfer reaction, were alkylated to furnish the title compounds V. The structure-activity relationships of these 1-vinylimidazole compounds V are described.
OGATA, MASARU;MATSUMOTO, HIROSHI;SHIMIZU, SUMIO;KIDA, SHIRO;SHIRO, MOTOO;+, J. MED. CHEM., 30,(1987) N 8, 1348-1354