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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: European J Org Chem. 2012 Oct 22;2012(33):6508–6512. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.201201101

Table 1.

Initial attempted one-pot benzimidazole synthesis.graphic file with name nihms-430900-t0004.jpg

Entry Conditions Yield[a] (5+6) Ratio (5:6)
1 PhCHO (1.0 equiv. added at
start of reaction)
65 % 50 : 1
2 Reflux 1 hour, then PhCHO (1.0
equiv.), then reflux 16 hours
71 % 8 : 1
2 Reflux 1 hour, then PhCHO (2.0
equiv.), then reflux 16 hours
85 % 1 : 1
[a]

Yield after chromatography (5 + 6 were co-eluted).