title: A simple copper salt catalysed the coupling of imidazole with arylboronic acids in protic solvent.
abstract: In the presence of a catalytic amount of a simple copper salt, the coupling of imidazole with arylboronic acids was performed in methanol to give corresponding N-arylimidazoles in almost quantitative yields; this coupling reaction could also be performed in aqueous solutions to give N-arylimidazoles in excellent yields.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jing-Bo
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiao-Qi
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jing-Song
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Ru-Gang
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Xie