Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa 403 726, India
Abstract:
An efficient synthetic method has been developed for the facile synthesis of 2-substituted benzimidazoles in organized aqueous media in the presence of a surfactant (viz. DBSA) as catalyst and I2 as co-catalyst. The method described has the advantages of operational simplicity, excellent yields, high chemoselectivity, and clean and green reaction profile.