Killari Satyam, V. Murugesh and Surisetti Suresh
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019,17, 5234-5238
DOI:
10.1039/C9OB00660E,
Communication
Construction of imidazoles has been demonstrated on water under base-free conditions. The reaction of dihydro β-carboline imines and p-toluenesulfonylmethyl isocyanides furnished the corresponding substituted N-fused imidazo 6,11-dihydro β-carboline derivatives in very good yields under ambient conditions. The use of deuterium oxide (D2O) as a solvent enabled the incorporation of deuterium isotopes in the imidazole ring.