Azomethine-isocyanide [3+2] cycloaddition to imidazoles promoted by silver and DBU.
Xiaoshan HuangXuefeng CongPengbing MiXihe BiPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)
A new silver-promoted [3+2] cycloaddition of azomethine ylides with isocyanides has been described. The methodology provides an efficient and modular approach to 1,2,4-trisubstituted imidazoles of vital bioactive molecules and atypical antipsychotics analogues.