Vicinal bromostannanes as novel building blocks for the preparation of di- and trisubstituted imidazoles

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(98)01056-9

Three novel imidazole-based vicinal bromostannanes 5a-c have been developed for the regioselective preparation of 2,4,5-tri- and 4,5- disubstituted imidazoles. The novel building blocks are particularly attractive for Stille and Suzuki couplings that invo