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Table 4 Recycling and reusing of the catalyst
Entry
Runs
Fresh
Aldehyde
4-Chlorobenzaldehyde
—
Time/min Yielda/%
1
2
20
20
90
90
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First
3
4
5
Second
Third
Fourth
—
—
—
20
20
20
87
87
85
a Isolated yield.
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1-(2-Methoxybenzyl)-2-(2-methoxyphenyl)-5-me-
thyl-1H-1,3-benzimidazole (Entry 17) Solid light
brown, m.p. 185—187 ℃; 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz)
δ: 2.49 (s, 3H, CH3), 3.60 (s, 3H, OCH3), 3.79 (s, 3H,
OCH3), 5.22 (s, 2H, CH2), 6.69—7.75 (m, 11H, ArH);
13C NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz) δ: 160.0, 157.7, 153.3,
138.8, 132.7, 131.3, 125.8, 123.0, 114.2, 55.9, 49.0,
24.3; GC/mass m/z: (358, M + ). Anal. calcd for
C23H22N2O2: C 77.07, H 6.19, N 7.82; found C 76.87, H
6.11, N 7.63.
1-(3-Hydroxybenzyl)-2-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-5-me-
thyl-1H-1,3-benzimidazole (Entry 19) Solid brown;
m.p. 215—219 ℃; H NMR (DMSO-d6, 400 MHz) δ:
2.39 (s, 3H, CH3), 5.43 (s, 2H, CH2), 6.64—7.53 (m,
11H, ArH), 9.3 (s, 1H), 9.65 (s, 1H); 13C NMR
(DMSO-d6, 400 MHz) δ: 158.4, 153.3, 137.7, 134.3,
130.1, 123.0, 115.3, 112.9, 49.3, 27.3. GC/mass m/z:
(330, M+). Anal. calcd for C21H18N2O2: C 76.34, H 5.49,
N 8.48; found C 76.25, H 5.31, N 8.39.
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Conclusions
In summary, the present work has reported a general,
efficient, convenient, catalytic and improved methodol-
ogy for the selective synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted ben-
zimidazole derivatives by the condensation of o-phe-
nylenediamines and aldehydes using FePO4 catalyst.
This general, simple, fast and clean protocol removed
the organic solvent and energy demands, as well as the
reaction time could be reduced from hours to a few
minutes under solvent free conditions at room tempera-
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