Bismuth(III) Chloride–Promoted Efficient Synthesis of Perimidine Derivatives under Ambient Conditions

Abstract

Various biologically important perimidine derivatives have been efficiently synthesized in excellent yields from naphthalene‐1,8‐diamine and various ketones in the presence of a catalytic amount of BiCl₃.

Keywords:

• bismuth(III) chloride
• catalysis
• ketones
• naphthalene‐1,8‐diamine
• perimidines

Acknowledgment

We thank the Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, Suzhou University and the Innovator Foundation of Colleges and Universities of Henan Province for financial support.