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Silver-catalyzed decarboxylative radical cascade cyclization toward benzimidazo[2,1-a]isoquinolin-6(5H)-ones
Kai Sun1, Shi-Jun Li, Xiao-Lan Chen
1College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. chenxl@zzu.edu.cn donghuiwei@zzu.edu.cn bingyu@zzu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A simple and efficient decarboxylative radical addition/cyclization strategy was developed, by which a wide range of benzimidazo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-6(5H)-ones were prepared in one-pot via reaction of functionalized 2-arylbenzoimidazoles and carboxylic acids in the presence of K2S2O8/AgNO3 under mild reaction conditions.
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