Synthesis of Imidazoles and Oxazoles via a Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Addition/Cyclization Reaction Sequence of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids with Functionalized Aliphatic Nitriles
We herein report an efficient approach for the assembly of multiply substituted imidazoles and oxazoles in a single-step manner. These transformations are based on a decarboxylation addition and annulation of readily accessible aromatic carboxylic acids a
Nickel-Catalyzed Construction of 2,4-Disubstituted Imidazoles via C–C Coupling and C?N Condensation Cascade Reactions
A convenient Ni(II)-catalyzed C?C and C?N cascade coupling reaction was developed to directly access various 2,4-disubstituted imidazoles. The reaction scope covers a variety of aryl and aliphatic substitutions, which demonstrate moderate-to-excellent yie