A. Lygin, A. Meijere
Oct 1, 2009
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European Journal of Organic Chemistry
Abstract
o-Bromophenyl isocyanide (1-Br) reacts with various primary amines under CuI catalysis to afford 1-substituted benzimidazoles 4 in moderate to good yields (38–70 %, 13 examples). Analogously, 2-bromo-3-isocyanothiophene (6) furnishes 3-substituted 3H-thieno[2,3-d]imidazoles 7 (44–49 %, 3 examples). (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2009)