An alternative synthetic route to 1,4,5-trisubstituted imidazoles from α-imino ketone, which can be prepared from imidoyl chlorides and aromatic aldehydes via N-heterocycle carbene-catalyzed aroylation was developed. This methodology consists of s...
A combined experimental and computational study on the key intermediates of NHC-catalyzed acylation reaction, Breslow intermediates (BIs), has been conducted in order to achieve a direct nucleophilic alkanoylation of N-heterocycles. Various BI pre...
– We report on the synthesis of 7-benzoyl- and 7-heteroaroylquinazolines from 7-fluoroquinazolines and aromatic aldehydes by N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed nucleophilic aromatic substitution, showing that the NHC derived from 1,3-dimethyli...