Copper-Catalyzed One-Pot Synthesis
of Substituted Benzimidazo[1,2-a]quinolines

Bing-Wei Zhou; Jian-Rong Gao; Dong Jiang; Jian-Hong Jia; Zhen-Ping Yang; Hong-Wei Jin

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1258146

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Copper-Catalyzed One-Pot Synthesis of Substituted Benzimidazo[1,2-a]quinolines

Bing-Wei Zhou, Jian-Rong Gao, Dong Jiang, Jian-Hong Jia, Zhen-Ping Yang, Hong-Wei Jin*
College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. of China
Fax: +86(571)88320415; e-Mail: jhwei828@zjut.edu.cn;

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Abstract

A one-pot procedure for the synthesis of substituted benzimidazo[1,2-a]quinolines from the corresponding benzimidazoles and 2-bromobenzaldehydes has been developed. The titled products were prepared through Knoevenagel condensation and copper-catalyzed intramolecular Ullmann-type coupling in moderate to good yields.

Key words

Knoevenagel condensation - copper catalyst - Ullmann coupling - quinoline synthesis - cascade process

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