Abstract

AbstractElemental sulfur‐promoted cyclization for the one‐pot synthesis of tetra‐substituted imidazoles from benzylamines and ketones is described. Elemental sulfur combined with molecular oxygen as the benign co‐oxidant was found to be the key for the high efficiency of this transformation under metal‐free conditions. A range of tetrasubstituted imidazoles were synthesized from simple ketones and amines with good functional group tolerance.magnified image

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