Citation: Ramadan A. Mekheimer, Afaf M. Abdel Hameed, Seham A. A. Mansour, Kamal Usef Sadek. Solar thermochemical reactions Ⅲ:A convenient one-pot synthesis of 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted imidazoles catalyzed by high surface area SiO₂ and induced by solar thermal energy[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2009, 20(7): 812-814. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2009.02.017 shu

Solar thermochemical reactions Ⅲ:A convenient one-pot synthesis of 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted imidazoles catalyzed by high surface area SiO₂ and induced by solar thermal energy

Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, El-Minia University, El-Minia 61519, Egypt

Received Date: 8 December 2008

A simple, convenient and efficient method for the synthesis of 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted imidazole derivatives using benzoin, an aromatic aldehyde, an aromatic amine in the presence of ammonium acetate catalyzed by high surface area SiO₂ and induced by free solar thermal energy was reported.
- One-pot synthesis,
- SiO₂,
- Solar thermal energy,
- Tetrasubstituted imidazole
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