A novel and efficient method for the environmentally benign, catalyst-and auxiliary-free synthesis of 2phenylbenzimidazoles in water is developed. Benzoyl methyl phosphates play important roles as biomimetic acylating agents for the one-pot tandem approach without additional catalysts.
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