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The action of acetyl- and benzoylacetone on 1-aminobenzimidazoles in the presence of catalytic amounts of zinc chloride was used to synthesize 1-ylidene derivatives, which at higher temperatures undergo thermal cyclization to 2,4-disubstituted pyridazino[1,6-a]benzimidazoles.
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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 386–389, March, 1983.
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Kuz'menko, V.V., Komissarov, V.N. & Simonov, A.M. Reaction of 1-aminobenzimidazoles with β-diketones. Synthesis of pyridazino[1,6-a]benzimidazoles. Chem Heterocycl Compd 19, 314–318 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00513269
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00513269