Preparation of 2,4,5-triarylimidazol-4-ols and their stereoselective rearrangement by 1,5-phenyl migration
(Chemical Equation Presented) Lophine hydroperoxides underwent base-triggered 1,5-phenyl migration in DMSO to afford imidazolones in high yields, instead of amidines with chemiluminescence (CL). The corresponding imidazolols were believed to intermediates
The stereoselective thermal rearrangement of chiral lophine peroxides
The thermal reaction of chiral 2-phenyl-4-(p-X-phenyl)-5-(p-Y-phenyl)-4-tert-butyldimethylsilylperoxy-4H-isoimidazoles (5b: X = CF3, Y = OMe; 5c: X = CF3, Y = F) was carried out in DMSO. The chiral 2-phenyl-5-(p-X-phenyl)-5-(p-Y-phen