“…Benzimidazole derivatives are compounds that have received much attention because of their applications in several areas. They are used as antibacterial (Ö zden et al, 2004), anticancer (Easmon et al, 2001;Zhu et al, 1999), anti-inflammatory (Tewari & Mishra, 2001) and antiulcer agents (Shafik et al, 2004;El-Naem et al, 2003). They also have herbicidal, insecticidal and complexing properties (Sbai et al, 2003(Sbai et al, , 2002Attar et al, 2001).…”