Syntheses of 2-hydroperoxy-and 2-hydroxy-2H-imidazoles |
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Authors: | M L Graziano G Curato R Scarpati |
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Abstract: | Oxidation of fully substituted imidazoles 1 by singlet oxygen gives in good yield fully substituted 2-hydroperoxy-2H-imidazoles 2 . Reduction of 2 by triphenylphosphine leads to 2-hydroxy-2H-irnidazoles 3 . Limitations of the methods are reported. |
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