Abstract

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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