Phosphabarrelene-modified Rh-catalysts: a new and selective route towards hydroxy-functionalized bicyclic imidazoles via tandem reactions

P.S. Bäuerlein, I. Arenas Gonzalez, J.J.M. Weemers, M. Lutz, A.L. Spek, D. Vogt, Christian Müller

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Abstract

8-Hydroxy-6-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine was formed selectively in high yields from N-(b-methallyl)imidazole by a tandem hydroformylation–cyclization sequence, representing a novel one-pot catalytic synthesis of bicyclic imidazole derivatives.
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Pages (from-to)4944-4946
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume2009
Issue number33
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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