Cobalt nitride enabled benzimidazoles production from furyl/aryl bio-alcohols and o-nitroanilines without an external H-source

• Published in: Frontiers of chemical science and engineering Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 68 - 81
• Main Authors: Li, Chuanhui, Zhang, Li-Long, Li, Hu, Yang, Song
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing Higher Education Press 01.01.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Alcohols; Biomass; Carbon; Catalysts; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Cobalt; Coupling (molecular); Dehydrogenation; Electron states; Green hydrogen; Heterocyclic compounds; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Nanotechnology; Nitrides; Nitrogen; Pyrolysis; Research Article; furanic compounds; biomass conversion; bifunctional catalysis; benzimidazoles; hydrogen transfer

Benzimidazole derivatives have wide-spectrum biological activities and pharmacological effects, but remain challenging to be produced from biomass feedstocks. Here, we report a green hydrogen transfer strategy for the efficient one-pot production of benzimidazoles from a wide range of bio-alcohols a...