“…44 The use of (het)arenecarbaldehydes and methyl (het)aryl ketones in this reaction makes it possible to obtain 2-(het)aryl-substituted benzimidazoles. The synthesis of 2-arylbenzimidazoles 4 (Table 2) and 2-hetarylbenzimidazoles 5 (Table 3) by the reaction of arenecarbaldehydes 30 and hetarenecarbaldehydes 31 with 1,2-DABs 1 was successfully carried out in the following solvents and systems: EtOH, 45 EtOH in the presence of NH 4 Cl, 27b Et 3 N, 10b PCl 3 , 46 DMF, 10a,47 DMF/H 2 O, 20 DMF in the presence of p-TsOH, 48 EtOH, 9a,b,49 DMF 9c,d,h,18,50 in the presence of Na 2 S 2 O 5 , MeOH, 51 50% aq MeOH, 52 in the molecular sieves system (3Å)-MeOH, 14 THF, 53 50% aq THF, 27c DMSO, 24a,54 H 2 O, 55 and MeCN. 56 In some cases, various oxidizing agents such as Oxone, 20 UHP (urea hydrogen peroxide)/I 2 , 54 55 MIL-101(Cr)-NO 2 , 56a and Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 -ZnCl 2 nanoparticles 45g were used for the synthesis of benzimidazoles.…”