Molecularly Engineering Defective Basal Planes in Molybdenum Sulfide for the Direct Synthesis of Benzimidazoles by Reductive Coupling of Dinitroarenes with Aldehydes
Miriam Rodenes, Francisco Gonell, Santiago Martı́n, Avelino Corma, Iván Sorribes
Abstract
)-type material displaying structural defects on both the naturally occurring edge positions and along the typically inactive basal planes. By applying this catalyst, a broad range of functionalized 2-substituted benzimidazoles, including bioactive compounds, can be selectively synthesized by such a direct hydrogenative coupling protocol even in the presence of hydrogenation-sensitive functional groups, such as double and triple carbon-carbon bonds, nitrile and ester groups, and halogens as well as diverse types of heteroarenes.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryCatalysisCombinatorial chemistryNitrileMolybdenum disulfideSulfurHalogenReagentMolybdenumCarbon disulfideCarbon fibersReductive eliminationOrganic chemistryMaterials scienceComposite materialAlkylMetallurgyComposite numberNanomaterials for catalytic reactionsAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisSulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques