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Synthesis of substituted imidazolidines: Base-stable precursors of 4,5-dihydro-1h-imidazol-3-ium salts and N-heterocyclic carbenes
Egert, Meike,Walther, Sebastian,Plenio, Herbert
, p. 4362 - 4369 (2014/07/21)
The present work establishes a new synthetic route that leads to substituted azolium salts. The base stable 1-(4-bromo-2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-3- (2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazolidine and 1,3-bis(4-bromo-2,6-diisopropylphenyl) imidazolidine were synthesized and the 4-Br substituents converted into various functional groups through Br/Li exchange or Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions (Suzuki, Sonogashira, and vinylation). The substituted imidazolidines were oxidized, by using chloranil or N-bromosuccinimide, to provide the respective azolium salts, which are convenient precursors to N-heterocyclic carbenes. Copyright
