Metal-Free, Acid-Promoted Synthesis of Imidazole Derivatives via a Multicomponent Reaction
摘要:
An expedient and metal-free synthetic route has been developed for the construction of tri- and tetrasubstituted imidazole derivatives via acid promoted multicomponent reaction methodology. The reaction proceeded smoothly with a range of functionalities to produce the imidazole scaffolds in good to excellent yields.
Treatment of benzoin with an aldehyde and NH4OAc in polyethylene glycol (PEG-400) under reflux afforded a 5-substituted 2,3-diphenyl imidazole while the same reaction along with an additional aniline produced 5-substituted 1-aryl 2,3-diphenyl imidazole. No any catalyst or solvent was required to carry out this conversion, and the imidazoles were formed in excellent yields.
2,4,5-Trisubstituted imidazoles have been synthesized by treatment of benzil with aldehydes and ammonium acetate in water under reflux in the presence of p-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid as catalyst. The same reaction using an additional amine affords 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted imidazoles. The products are formed in high yields within 4 h under eco-friendly conditions.
Metal-Free, Acid-Promoted Synthesis of Imidazole Derivatives via a Multicomponent Reaction
作者:Chung-Yu Chen、Wan-Ping Hu、Pi-Cheng Yan、Gopal Chandru Senadi、Jeh-Jeng Wang
DOI:10.1021/ol402892z
日期:2013.12.20
An expedient and metal-free synthetic route has been developed for the construction of tri- and tetrasubstituted imidazole derivatives via acid promoted multicomponent reaction methodology. The reaction proceeded smoothly with a range of functionalities to produce the imidazole scaffolds in good to excellent yields.