Author(s)

Azizollah Habibi^1*, Yousef Valizadeh¹, Marjan Mollazadeh², Abdolali Alizadeh³

¹Faculty of Chemistry, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
²School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
³Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

A fast, high efficiency and environmentally friendly procedure for the synthesis of 2-aryl benzim-idazole derivatives has been reported. Reaction between 1,2-phenylenediamine derivatives and arylidene malononitrile under aqueous media and also solvent-free conditions generates 2-aryl benzimidazole derivatives with a high yield.

Benzimidazoles, Green Chemistry, Arylidene Malononitrile, 1, 2-Phenylenediamines

Habibi, A. , Valizadeh, Y. , Mollazadeh, M. and Alizadeh, A. (2015) Green and High Efficient Synthesis of 2-Aryl Benzimidazoles: Reaction of Arylidene Malononitrile and 1,2-Phenylenediamine Derivatives in Water or Solvent-Free Conditions. International Journal of Organic Chemistry, 5, 256-263. doi: 10.4236/ijoc.2015.54025.