Benzimidazole N-oxides: photochemical rearrangement and reaction with acylating agents and nucleophiles
Abstract
1,2-Polymethylenebenzimidazole N-oxides undergo substitution in the benzene ring by the combined action of an acid chloride and various nucleophiles (e.g. Cl, CN, SCN, and N3) and rearrange to 1,3-polymethylenebenzimidazolones with tosyl chloride and sodium hydroxide or by photolysis of the N-oxide in methanol.