Yanjun Xie, Jun Wu, Xingzong Che, Ya Chen, Huawen Huang and Guo-Jun Deng
Green Chem., 2016,18, 667-671
DOI:
10.1039/C5GC01978H,
Communication
An efficient procedure for pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazole preparation from 2-aminopyridines and cyclohexanones under metal-free conditions is described. Non-aromatic cyclohexanones were used as the aryl source via a dehydrogenation–aromatization process using molecular oxygen as the green oxidant.