Hypervalent iodine in synthesis 85: An efficient method for the synthesis of N‐arylbenzimidazoles by the coppercatalyzed N‐arylation of benzimidazole with diaryliodonium salts

N‐arylbenzimidazoles were prepared in moderate yields by copper‐catalyzed N‐arylation of benzimidazole with diaryliodonium salts. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 13:617–619, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/hc.10043