Romanov Alexey R, Kondrashov Evgeniy V, Zinchenko Sergey V
The Laboratory of Halogen Organic Compound, A. E. Favorsky Institute of Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia.
Curr Org Synth. 2024;21(2):195-209. doi: 10.2174/1570179420666230420100643.
A simple method for the preparation of 5-(trifluoroacetyl)imidazoles was elaborated.
The reaction of trifluoromethyl(α-bromoalkenyl)ketones with benzimidamides was employed to afford the target heterocycles in good yields.
The assembly of imidazole core proceeds aza-Michael adduct formation followed by intramolecular nucleophilic substitution and spontaneous aromatization as an oxidation sequence.
The yields of target imidazoles can be improved by the use of soft oxidizing agents.