Chemical reactivity of the imidazole: a semblance of pyridine and pyrrole?

Org Lett. 2011 Mar 4;13(5):972-5. doi: 10.1021/ol103011h. Epub 2011 Jan 26.

Abstract

It has been suggested that pyridine and pyrrole could be patterns for imidazole reactivity studies due to the amine (-NH-) and aza (-N═) nitrogen atoms. The analyses of the local and global electronic indexes prove and quantify that imidazole has an intermediate analogy between pyrrole and pyridine.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amines / chemistry
  • Aza Compounds / chemistry
  • Imidazoles / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pyridines / chemistry*
  • Pyrroles / chemistry*

Substances

  • Amines
  • Aza Compounds
  • Imidazoles
  • Pyridines
  • Pyrroles
  • imidazole
  • pyridine