title: A practical synthesis of 2,4(5)-diarylimidazoles from simple building blocks.
abstract: A simple and efficient approach to selectively obtain 2,4(5)-diarylimidazoles suppressing formation of 2-aroyl-4(5)-arylimidazoles is described. The yield of each of the two products strongly depends on the reaction conditions employed. This reaction provides a simple method to prepare small libraries of biologically active compounds by parallel synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Farmaceutico, UniversitA degli Studi di Parma, V. le G.P. Usberti, 27/A, I-43100 Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zuliani
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cocconcelli
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fantini
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ghiron
authors.forename: Mirko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivara
mesh_terms: D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D007093:Imidazoles