• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제30권9호
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• pp.1963-1966
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• 2009

L-Proline has been found to be an efficient organocatalyst for one-pot synthesis of 2,4,5-triaryl substituted imidazole by the reaction of an aldehyde, a benzil and an ammonium acetate. The short reaction time and excellent yields making this protocol practical and economically attractive.