Abstract
The electrochemical reduction of N-(2-nitro-4-R-phenyl)pyridinium chlorides (R = CF3, CN, CO2Et) at a lead cathode in HCl/PriOH/H2O affords the corresponding 7-R-pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazoles in 70–94% yields.
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