Sodium Sulfide: A Sustainable Solution for Unbalanced Redox Condensation Reaction between o-Nitroanilines and Alcohols Catalyzed by an Iron-Sulfur System
Thanh Binh Nguyen*, Ludmila Ermolenko, Ali Al-Mourabit*
*Centre de Recherche de Gif-sur-Yvette, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France, Email: nguyenicsn.cnrs-gif.fr, ali.almourabitcnrs.fr
T. B. Nguyen, L. Ermolenko, A. Al-Mourabit, Synthesis, 2015, 47, 1741-1748.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1380134
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Abstract
Sodium sulfide in combination with iron(III) chloride hexahydrate promote an unbalanced redox condensation reaction between o-nitroanilines and alcohols, leading to benzimidazole and quinoxaline heterocycles. Beside the role as a precursor for an iron-sulfur catalyst, hydrated sodium sulfide is also an excellent noncompetitive, multi-electron reducing agent.
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T. B. Nguyen, J. Le Bescont, L. Ermolenko, A. Al-Mourabit, Org. Lett., 2013, 15, 6218-6221.
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Key Words
redox condensation, iron-sulfur, benzimidazoles, atom economy, sodium sulfide, green chemistry
ID: J66-Y2015