Author(s):
Madhuri S Kulkarni, Ritu Mamgain, Ketaki Saravate and Revati R Nagarkar

Abstract:
One-pot three component synthesis of 2, 4, 5-trisubstituted imidazoles using wet Cyanuric chloride as an efficient organic catalyst is explored. The advantages of this methodology are solvent free synthesis, high yields, easy workup, short reaction times and atom economy.