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Exceptionally easy ring cleavage of benzimidazoles by α,β- acetylenic γ-hydroxy nitriles and water
Trofimov, Boris A.,Andriyankova, Ludmila V.,Nikitina, Lina P.,Belyaeva, Kseniya V.,Mal'kina, Anastasiya G.,Afonin, Andrei V.
, p. 1536 - 1542 (2010)
The three-component reaction of a benzimidazole with an α,β-acetylenic γ-hydroxy nitrile and water in acetonitrile at 20-25 °C for seven days or at 45-50 °C for six hours results in cleavage of the imidazole ring to afford the corresponding (2-{[(3E)-5-ami-nofuran-3(2H) -ylidene]amino}phenyl)formamide exclusively in 84-99% yield. The synthesis involves multipositional cascade transformations of the intermediate hemiaminals formed from the primary zwitterions and water. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.
