%0 Journal Article %T Synthesis of imidazole derivatives from ¦Â-lapachone and related compounds using microwave and supported reagents %A Silva %A Andrea Rosane da %A Silva %A Ari Miranda da %A Ferreira %A Aur¨¦lio Baird Buarque %A Bernardes %A Bauer de Oliveira %A Costa %A Roberta Lindolfo da %J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society %D 2008 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨ªmica, SBQ %R 10.1590/S0103-50532008000600026 %X new naphthoimidazoles were prepared by reaction, activated by microwave irradiation, between paraformaldehyde, ¦Â-lapachone (or related o-quinones) and ammonium acetate supported on montmorillonite k-10, or on basic alumina. use of the basic support gave the best results, with yields above 80%. this was confirmed for the reaction with ¦Â-lapachone and piperonal. %K imidazole %K microwave %K basic alumina %K lapachone. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-50532008000600026&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en