One-pot hydrogen peroxide and hydrohalic Acid induced ring closure and selective aromatic halogenation to give new ring-fused benzimidazoles.
Gurry, Michael; Sweeney, Martin; McArdle, Patrick; Aldabbagh, Fawaz; Organic letters 17 (2015) 2856–2859; doi:10.1021/acs.orglett.5b01317

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 One-pot hydrogen peroxide and hydrohalic Acid induced ring closure and
 selective aromatic halogenation to give new ring-fused benzimidazoles.
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The Br5 atom represents 5% of a possible tribromo derivative
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