Cover Picture: Palladium‐Catalyzed Carbonylative Multicomponent Synthesis of Functionalized Benzimidazothiazoles (Asian J. Org. Chem. 4/2016). Issue 4 (15th April 2016) - Veltri, Lucia
Abstract : Functionalized benzimidazothiazoles were obtained in one step by a Pd‐catalyzed multicomponent carbonylative heterocyclization process, starting from 2‐prop‐2‐ynylsulfanyl‐3 H ‐benzimidazolium salts, CO, a secondary amine, and O2 . The PdI2 /KI‐catalyzed oxidative aminocarbonylation of the terminal triple bond was followed in situ by intramolecular conjugated addition and isomerization to give the final product in fair to good yields. More information can be found in the full paper by L. Veltri and B. Gabriele et al. on page 560 in Issue 4, 2016 (DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201600042 ).