Yu. G. Bogachev

Organolithium and organosodium compounds of n-substituted 2-alkylbenzimidazoles

Organolithium and organosodium compounds of 1,2-dimethyl-, 1-methyl-2-ethyl-, 1-methyl-2-propyl-, and 1-phenyl-2-methylbenzimidazole, containing the metal in the alkyl group at position C(2), were obtained by metallation. It was found that metallation can be complicated by the addition of the metalling reagent at the C=N bond of the heterocycle. It was shown that the obtained organometallic compounds can be used for the synthesis of various derivatives of benzimidazole.

Evolution of hydrogen in the reaction of hydroheteroaromatic compounds with dehydrogenating agents

The yields of molecular hydrogen in the reactions of benzimidazolines 1,2-dihydropyrimidines with a number of dehydrogenating agents have been determined. The formation of hydrogen is due to breakdown of the cation-radicals of the hydrohetarenes formed in the first stage of the reactions. The EPR spectrum of the cation-radical from 1,3-dimethyl-2-phenylbenzimidazoline has been obtained.