Z. Karimi-Jaberi, Mohammad Barekat
Oct 1, 2010
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Chinese Chemical Letters
Abstract
Sodium dihydrogen phosphate (NaH2PO4) efficiently catalyzes the condensation reaction of benzil, aldehydes, amines and ammonium acetate in a four-component reaction under solvent-free conditions. The reaction proceeds rapidly and affords the corresponding tetra-substituted imidazoles in high yields. Also an efficient route was developed for the synthesis of tri-substituted imidazoles from condensation of benzil, aldehydes and ammonium acetate using NaH2PO4.