Sehyun Park, Jaehun Jung, E. Cho
Jul 1, 2014
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European Journal of Organic Chemistry
Abstract
A simple and environmentally-friendly synthetic method for benzimidazoles, which are important structural motifs in many applications owing to their various biological functions, has been developed. The reaction of o-phenylenediamine and a variety of aliphatic/aromatic aldehydes in methanol proceeds at room temperature with only natural sources, molecular oxygen and visible light.