S-arylation of mercaptobenzimidazoles using Cu(I) catalysts—experimental and theoretical observations
摘要:
Substituted 2-mercaptobenzimidazoles (MBI) are an important class of bio-active and industrially important organic compounds. In this Letter, a new synthetic method is presented for the selective S-arylation of MBI with substituted aryl iodides using low cost copper (I) iodide and 1,10-phenanthroline as a catalytic system. The selective formation of S-arylated product was confirmed by several spectroscopic techniques and the vibrational spectrum was found to be in very good agreement with the theoretical spectrum calculated by density functional theory. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Substituted 2-mercaptobenzimidazoles (MBI) are an important class of bio-active and industrially important organic compounds. In this Letter, a new synthetic method is presented for the selective S-arylation of MBI with substituted aryl iodides using low cost copper (I) iodide and 1,10-phenanthroline as a catalytic system. The selective formation of S-arylated product was confirmed by several spectroscopic techniques and the vibrational spectrum was found to be in very good agreement with the theoretical spectrum calculated by density functional theory. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.