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Multi-component synthesis of highly substituted imidazoles catalyzed by nanorod vanadatesulfuric acid

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Nanorod vanadatesulfuric acid (VSA NRs), as a recyclable and eco-benign catalyst, was used for one-pot synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted imidazoles and 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted imidazoles using aldehydes, benzil, benzoin or 9,10-phenanthrenequinone and ammonium acetate or aniline under solvent-free conditions providing high to excellent yields. VSA is easily prepared by a simple reaction of chlorosulfonic acid and sodium metavanadate in high purity. As compared with the conventional procedures, the present protocol offers several advantages such as simplicity of procedure, short reaction time, high yields, easy workup, recoverability and reusability of the catalyst and simple purification of the products.

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    Masoud Nasr-Esfahani, Morteza Montazerozohori & Tooba Abdizadeh

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Nasr-Esfahani, M., Montazerozohori, M. & Abdizadeh, T. Multi-component synthesis of highly substituted imidazoles catalyzed by nanorod vanadatesulfuric acid. Chem. Pap. 69, 1491–1499 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1515/chempap-2015-0156

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