Mitsunobu alkylation of imidazole: A convenient route to chiral ionic liquids

Eun Jin Kim, Soo Y. Ko, Edward K. Dziadulewicz

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Abstract

The Mitsunobu protocol offers a convenient route from imidazole to N-alkyl-substituted imidazoles, precursors to imidazolium-based ionic liquids, and is particularly useful for preparing chiral ionic liquids.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)631-633
Number of pages3
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume46
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Jan 2005

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the KOSEF (R01-2002-000-00274-0).

Keywords

  • Chiral ionic liquids
  • Mitsunobu reaction
  • N-Substituted imidazole

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