Convenient preparation of 4-alkylidene-1H-imidazol-5(4H)-one derivatives from imidate and aldehydes by a solvent-free cycloaddition under microwaves

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1997-1177

4-Alkylidene-1H-imidazol-5(4H)-one derivatives 4 (aromatic, aliphatic and heteroaromatic) are obtained in good to excellent yields by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition by using solvent-free conditions under microwave irradiation from imidate 1, aldehydes 2 and dr