Issue 48, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Generation of benzoimidazo[1,5-a]imidazoles via a copper-catalyzed tandem reaction of carbodiimide and isocyanoacetate†

Guanyinsheng Qiua  and  Jie Wu*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China
E-mail: jie_wu@fudan.edu.cn
Fax: +86 21 6564 1740
Tel: +86 21 6510 2412

b State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China

Abstract

Carbodiimide reacts with isocyanide catalyzed by copper(I) iodide, leading to benzoimidazo[1,5-a]imidazoles in good yields. This reaction is efficient, and proceeds through a formal [3+2] cycloaddition and C–N coupling.

Graphical abstract: Generation of benzoimidazo[1,5-a]imidazoles via a copper-catalyzed tandem reaction of carbodiimide and isocyanoacetate

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC32135A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Mar 2012
Accepted
18 Apr 2012
First published
18 Apr 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 6046-6048

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Generation of benzoimidazo[1,5-a]imidazoles via a copper-catalyzed tandem reaction of carbodiimide and isocyanoacetate

G. Qiu and J. Wu, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 6046 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC32135A

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