Yaxuan Li, Yajie Fu, Chaojie Ren
Nov 18, 2015
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Organic chemistry frontiers
Abstract
A practical and highly functional group-compatible synthesis of 1,2,4-trisubstituted-1H-imidazole-5-carbaldehydes has been developed via copper-catalyzed oxidative coupling of amidines and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes, which features aldehyde preservation, cheap catalysts, as well as high atom economy and mild conditions.