Abstract
The effect of NaBH4 on some simple, dissimilarly substituted imidazolium iodides with a benzyl substituent on 1 of the N atoms was investigated. In all cases, reductive ring cleavage occurred giving 2 isomers which were sepd. by their HCl salts. NaBH4 cleaves the imidazolium ring predominantly between the C-2 and the N atom bearing the benzyl group.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 860-862 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Organic Chemistry |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1968 |