%0 Journal Article %T Synthesis of novel 6-(substituted benzyl)imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]thiazole catalyzed by polystyrene-supported palladium(ii) ethylenediamine complex %A Bakherad %A Mohammad %A Keivanloo %A Ali %A Bahramian %A Bahram %A Kamali %A Taghi A. %J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society %D 2009 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨Şmica, SBQ %R 10.1590/S0103-50532009000500015 %X the polymer-supported palladium(ii) ethylenediamine complex, [ps-en-pd(ii)], is a highly active catalyst that could be used for the sonogashira coupling reaction between an aryl iodide and 2-amino-3-(2-propynyl)-1,3-thiazolium bromide, 3. this heterogeneous palladium catalyst is efficient, stable, and recyclable. reaction of compound 3 with various aryl iodides, 4a-f in the presence of the [ps-en-pd(ii)] complex leads to the production of the 6-(substituted benzyl)imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]thiazoles 5a-f. %K sonogashira coupling %K heterogeneous catalyst %K aryl iodides %K imidazothiazoles. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-50532009000500015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en