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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 39, 2009 - Issue 13
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A Simple and Convenient One-Pot Synthesis of Benzimidazole Derivatives Using Cobalt(II) Chloride Hexahydrate as Catalyst

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Pages 2339-2346 | Received 12 Sep 2008, Published online: 01 Jun 2009
 

Abstract

A simple and efficient method for the convenient synthesis of 2-arylbenzimidazole has been described on reaction with o-phenylenediamine and various aromatic aldehydes using cobalt(II) chloride hexahydrate as a catalyst. The method is cost-effective, high-yielding, clean, and selective.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

T. P. is thankful to the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) for her research fellowship. Authors are also grateful to the director, IITG, for providing the general facilities to carry out the work.

Notes

a Products were characterized by recording IR, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR spectra and elemental analysis.

b Isolated yield.

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