作者:Fawaz Aldabbagh、W.Russell Bowman
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(99)00104-0
日期:1999.3
New synthetic methodology has been developed for the synthesis of [1,2-a]Fused imidazoles and benzimidazoles using intramolecular homolytic aromatic substitution. In the intramolecular substitution, N-(omega-alkyl) radicals are generated using Bu3SnH from N-(omega-phenylselanyl)aIkyl side chains. Phenylselanyl groups are used as radical leaving groups to avoid problems in the N-alkylation of imidazoles and benzimidazoles. Arylsulfones for imidazoles, and phenylsulfides for benzimidazoles, are used as the leaving groups in the homolytic substitutions. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.