Abstract
Phosphite-induced heterocyclization of (N-heterylimino)-trifluoroethyl phosphonates and carboxylates leads to novel fused imidazoles of biological relevance, bearing fluorine atom and phosphonyl or carboxyl function in neighboring positions of imidazole ring.
GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
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