Copper‐Mediated Diamination of Arylboronic Acids for the Synthesis of 2‐Aryl Benzimidazoles Using Trimethylsilyl Azide as the Amino Sources with Aldehydes

Abstract

AbstractA direct and versatile copper‐mediated three‐component reaction of arylboronic acids, trimethylsilyl azide and aldehydes for the synthesis of benzimidazoles is reported. The reaction is well tolerated by a wide range of substituted aromatic aldehydes and aromatic boronic acids to produce the corresponding benzimidazoles in moderate to high yields. Mechanism investigations demonstrated that copper‐promoted Chan‐Evans‐Lam coupling, C−H amination, and oxidative cycloaddition are involved in the tandem processes.magnified image