Construction of Druglike 2-Amido Benzo[d]imidazole Analogues via Desulfurative Cyclization of Thiourea Intermediate Resin on Solid-Phase

Abstract

A 2-amido benzo[d]imidazole library has been constructed by solid-phase synthesis. The key step of this solid-phase synthesis involves the preparation of polymer-bound 2-amino benzo[d]imidazole resin through desulfurative cyclization of thiourea resin using 2-chloro-1,3-dimethylimidazolinium chloride and N,N-diisopropylethylamine in dichloromethane (DCM), and the resin is then functionalized by acylation at the 2-amine position to afford 2-amidobenzo[d]imidazole resin. In the case of 2-amidobenzo[d]imidazole resin having a p-I or m-NO2, the resin was further functionalized by Suzuki/Sonogashira-coupling (p-I) and reduction to the primary amine (m-NO2) followed by acylation. Finally, the functionalized 2-amido-benzo[d]imidazole resin was cleaved from the polymer support by treatment with a cocktail of trifluoroacetic acid and DCM. As a result, we obtained 2-amidobenzo[d]imidazole analogues in high yield and good purities.