Catalyst-free ambient temperature synthesis of isoquinoline-fused benzimidazoles from 2-alkynylbenzaldehydes via alkyne hydroamination

Autor: Manisha Mishra, Clifford J. Ellstrom, Béla Török, Roman Dembinski, Dylan J. Twardy, Kraig A. Wheeler
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Green Chemistry. 21:99-108
ISSN: 1463-9270
1463-9262
DOI: 10.1039/c8gc02520g
Popis: An efficient environmentally benign route for the synthesis of benzimidazo[2,1-a]isoquinoline has been developed by reacting 2-ethynylbenzaldehyde and related substituted alkynylbenzaldehydes with variously substituted ortho-phenylenediamines and aliphatic amines in ethanol. This method provides a convenient, room temperature, atom-economical, and catalyst-free access to diversely substituted isoquinoline fused benzimidazoles. Regioselectivity of the reaction, as referred to o-phenylenediamines, was confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The reaction was found to occur in three major steps (imine formations, cyclization, and aromatization) and a mechanism has been proposed.
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