Fabrizio Politano, Arturo León Sandoval, Jorge G. Uranga, Elba I. Buján and Nicholas E. Leadbeater
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021,19, 208-215
DOI:
10.1039/D0OB01797C,
Paper
Experimental and computational studies have been performed in order to investigate an unusual carbon–carbon bond cleavage that occurs in the preparation of certain benzimidazole N-oxides from anilines. The key factor determining the outcome of the reaction was found to be the substituents on the amine functionality of the aniline.