<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gholap, Atul R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paul, Vincent</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Srinivasan, Kumar V.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Novel process for the synthesis of class I antiarrhythmic agent (+/-)-cibenzoline and its analogs</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Synthetic Communications</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Benzophenone</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cibenzoline</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cyclopropanation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">diaryl cyanoolefin</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AUG</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">TAYLOR &amp; FRANCIS INC</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">325 CHESTNUT ST, SUITE 800, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 USA</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">38</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2967-2982</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Synthesis of (+/-)-cibenzoline and its analogs has been achieved by a simple sequence of reactions. The diaryl cyanoolefin intermediate 3 could be prepared by Knoevenagel condensation of benzophenone with ethylcyanoacetate to form the tetra-substituted olefin intermediate 2 followed by Krapcho deethoxycarbonylation or from beta-hydroxynitrile intermediate 2' followed by the elimination of hydroxyl group respectively. The 2,2-diphenylcyclopropanecarbonitrile 4 was synthesized from intermediate 3 by cyclopropanation, which was converted to (+/-)-2-(2,2-diphenylcyclopropyl)-2-imidazoline 5 by reaction with ethylenediamine in the presence of a catalytic amount of sulfur. Moreover, the obtained 2-imidazolines were smoothly oxidized to the corresponding imidazoles 6 in good to moderate yields.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0.937</style></custom4></record></records></xml>