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Imidazoindoles

2. Synthesis of imidazo[4,5-e]indoles from 5-aminobenzimidazoles

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Abstract

A method was found for the synthesis of the previously unknown imidazo [4,5-e]-indole heteroaromatic system with angular fusion of the rings. These compounds are obtained by heating 5-hydrazinobenzimidazoles with carbonyl compounds in an acidic medium.

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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 74–78, January, 1980.

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Chetverikov, V.P., Ostapovich, Y.I., Kost, A.N. et al. Imidazoindoles. Chem Heterocycl Compd 16, 62–66 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00475395

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