Highly efficient, one-pot synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted and 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted imidazoles under solvent-free conditions using molecular iodine as the catalyst is described with excellent product yields.
Solvent-Free Synthesis of 1,2,4,5-Tetrasubstituted Imidazoles Using Nano Fe3O4@SiO2-OSO3H as a Stable and Magnetically Recyclable Heterogeneous Catalyst