Aa. Hassan et al., REACTIONS OF BENZIMIDAZOLYL-ACETONITRILE AND METHANETHIOL WITH ELECTRON-DEFICIENT COMPOUNDS, Heterocyclic communications, 2(5), 1996, pp. 441-446
Addition of 1H-benzimidazole-2-acetonitrile 1 and benziimidazole-2-ylm
ethanethiol 2 to some pi-acceptors such as tetracyanoethylene (TCNE),
p-chloranil (CHL-p), o-chloranil (CHL-o), 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4
-benzoquinone (DDQ), 2,3-dichloro- and 2,3-dicyano-1,4-naphthoquinones
(DCHNQ and DCNQ) and dicynomethyleneindane-1,3-dione (CNIND) gave pyr
ido-, indolo-, naphthoquinopyrrolo-, thiazino-, naphthoquinothiazino[1
,2-a]benzimidazole as well as pyridazino[1,2-a]dibenzimidazole derivat
ives.