title: Facile synthesis of N-alkyl-N'-arylimidazolium salts via addition of imidazoles to arynes.
abstract: [reaction: see text] A novel synthetic approach to N-alkyl-N'-arylimidazolium salts has been developed on the basis of addition of imidazoles to arynes. A variety of N-alkyl-N'-arylimidazolium salts can be synthesized straightforwardly in modest to good yields. Furthermore, utility of the resulting imidazolium salts has been demonstrated by the palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of aryl chlorides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan. yhiroto@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugiura
authors.forename: Atsutaka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kunai