Synthesis of π-Extended Imidazoles by 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Polycyclic Aromatic Azomethine Ylides with Nitriles. 2020

Qiang-Qiang Li, and Kotaro Ochiai, and Cherie-Anne Lee, and Shingo Ito
Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore.

Here we report the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of polycyclic aromatic azomethine ylides with nitriles to produce highly fused imidazole derivatives, that is, tribenzo[b,g,ij]imidazo[2,1,5-de]quinolizine. The advantages of this transformation are the broad substrate scope and the good functional group compatibility. The subsequent palladium-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization provides an efficient approach to further π-extended imidazoles, that is, 14b1,15-diazadibenzo[fg,ij]cyclopenta[rst]pentaphene.

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