ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 39, Number 5
JKCSEZ 39(5)
October 20, 1995 

A few t-amine substituted anilines and amides were synthesized and cyclized to pyrrolo[1,2-a]benzimidazole by heating in various solvents having different polarity. Subsequent nitration of cyclized compound followed by reduction and oxidation of resulting amine afforded quinone such as 7 in 14% yield. The formation of imidazole moiety by thermal cyclization was independent on the solvent polarity. The regiochemistry for the nitration of 4 was unambiguously determined by chemical transformation.