Xiang Sun, Xiao-Hui Lv, Lin-Miao Ye, Yu Hu, Yan-Yan Chen, Xue-Jing Zhang and Ming Yan
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2015,13, 7381-7383
DOI:
10.1039/C5OB00904A,
Communication
Iridium-catalyzed acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling of tertiary amines and arylamines has been developed. A number of benzimidazoles were prepared in good yields. An iridium-mediated C–H activation mechanism is suggested. This finding represents a novel strategy for the synthesis of benzimidazoles.