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Usage

Structure

A benzene ring fused to an imidazole ring, with a thienyl group attached to the imidazole nitrogen.

Type of compound

Heterocyclic aromatic organic compound

Usage

Synthesis of pharmaceuticals and in organic chemistry research

Potential applications

Medicinal chemistry due to unique structure and properties.

Upstream product

• 872-31-1 3-Bromothiophene 
• 51-17-2 benzoimidazole 
• 6165-69-1 Thien-3-ylboronic acid 
• 214360-70-0 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-2-thiophen-3-yl-[1,3,2]dioxaborolane 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Scope and limitations of the base-free copper(I) oxide catalyzed N-heteroarylation of 1H-(benz)imidazoles with B-heteroarylboronic acids or 2-heteroaryl-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolanes

The known, very efficient base-free copper(I) oxide catalyzed N-arylation reaction performed in MeOH at room temperature for the synthesis of N-substituted azoles and amines was extended to the heterocyclic series, i.e., we report herein the base-free cop

Synthesis, characterization, and photophysical properties of cyclometalated N-Heterocyclic carbene Platinum(II) complexes

Thiophene and benzothiophene ligands containing N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) moieties were used to synthesize five and six-membered Pt(II) metallacycles. Ligand scaffolding was synthesized using two methods. The ligands were synthesized using a coupling reaction, utilizing Cu2O as the catalyst or were synthesized using a nucleophilic substitution reaction. The ligands were then metalated by chelate-assisted C–H activation. The synthesis, characterization, reactivity, and photophysical properties of these NHC-functionalized, cyclometalated products are reported.

Pd-Catalyst Containing a Hemilabile P,C-Hybrid Ligand in Amino Dicarbonylation of Aryl Halides for Synthesis of α-Ketoamides

The amino dicarbonylation of aryl halides affording α-ketoamides with Pd catalysts is highly dependent on the stereoelectronic properties of the involved ligands. Ionic diphosphine ligand L4 can serve as precursor of a hemilabile P,C (phosphine, carbene)-hybrid ligand to form a stable Pd(II)-complex, Pd-L4. In contrast, analogues L1-L3 with a similar 1-(thiophen-3-yl)-benzimidazolyl skeleton behave as typical (mono/di)phosphines. The catalytic system resulting from the complexation of PdCl2(MeCN)2 and L4 exhibits good catalytic performance in terms of aryl iodides conversion (81-95%) and α-ketoamide selectivity (80-91%), as well as the available recyclability in the RTIL of [Bpy]BF4. The in situ FT-IR analysis reveals that the PdCl2(MeCN)2-L4 catalytic system favors the amino dicarbonylation toward α-ketoamides according to the proposed mechanism of cycle I, which involves two independent CO-insertion steps.

Efficient N-arylation of azole compounds utilizing selective aryl-transfer TMP-iodonium(III) reagents

It was determined that diaryliodonium(III) triflates bearing a trimethoxybenzene (TMP) auxiliary are more reactive than the reported selective aryl-transfer iodonium salts in the N-arylation of benzimidazoles and other types of azole compounds under catalytic conditions. The TMP-iodonium(III) salts can thus effectively facilitate the reaction at 50 °C or below, producing the corresponding N-arylated biaryls without the formation of TMP-derived coupling byproducts. Utilization of this TMP reagent under mild conditions would prevent the underlying problem of participation of the auxiliary group in the coupling reactions, which is observed while using the iodonium(III) salts that require elevated temperatures.

Highly active bidentate N-heterocyclic carbene/ruthenium complexes performing dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols and hydroxides in open air

Eight bidentate NHC/Ru complexes, namely [Ru]-1-[Ru]-8, were designed and prepared. In particular, [Ru]-2 displayed extraordinary performance even in open air for the dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols and hydroxides. Notably, an unprecedentedly low catalyst loading of 250 ppm and the highest TON of 32 800 and TOF of 3200 until now were obtained.

Chan-Lam cross-coupling reaction based on the Cu2S/TMEDA system

A catalyst based on the readily available Cu2S/TMEDA system using a stable copper(I) source was developed for the Chan-Lam cross-coupling reaction. The capability of the catalyst was demonstrated with 1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one, 1H-benzo[d]imidazole, and 1H-imidazole together with electron-deficient, electron-rich, and sterically demanding boronic acids at room temperature in the presence of atmospheric oxygen to give the cross-coupling products in moderate to excellent yields. In addition, the coupling reaction of 1H-benzo[d]imidazole with several pinacol or neopentylglycol boronates indicated further potential of the catalyst. The reaction conditions tolerate the hydroxyl and bromo functional groups. The catalytic system also enables to synthesize the mono-N-substituted anilines from primary aliphatic amines. However, the two model compounds for the secondary and aromatic amines, piperidine and aniline, do not react. Two sterically demanding products with the restricted C–N bond rotation, synthesized by the N-arylation of 1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one with o-tolylboronic acid, enabled to confirm the atropisomers prepared by the Chan-Lam cross-coupling reaction. Furthermore, an example of one-pot Chan-Lam and Suzuki-Miyaura reaction has been reported.

Optimization of diarylpentadienones as chemotherapeutics for prostate cancer

Our earlier studies indicate that (1E,4E)-1,5-bis(1-alkyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)penta-1,4-diene-3-ones and (1E,4E)-1,5-bis(1-alkyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)penta-1,4-diene-3-ones exhibit up to 121-fold greater antiproliferative potency than curcumin in human p

An efficient N-arylation of heterocycles with aryl-, heteroaryl-, and vinylboronic acids catalyzed by copper fluorapatite

N-Arylation of N-containing heterocycles, such as pyrazoles, imidazoles, and benzimidazoles with aryl-, heteroaryl-, and vinylboronic acids was efficiently carried out by copper fluorapatite (CuFAP) catalyst in MeOH at room temperature under base-free conditions. The N-arylated heterocycles were isolated in good-to-excellent yields.

Ligand-free copper-catalysed coupling reaction of heteroaryl bromides with imidazole and benzimidazole

The synthesis of N-heteroarylimidazoles by coupling heteroaryl bromides with imidazole or benzimidazole under relatively mild conditions using the stable and readily available copper(II) acetate as catalyst and cesium carbonate as base is reported to give products in moderate to good yields.

CuI catalyzed C-N bond forming reactions between aryl/heteroaryl bromides and imidazoles in [Bmim]BF4

By using CuI as the catalyst and l-Proline as the ligand, the Ullmann-type coupling reactions of aryl/heteroaryl bromides and imidazoles in [Bmim]BF4 at 105-115 °C gave the corresponding N-arylimidazoles/N-heteroarylimidazoles in good yields. T