Highly Efficient and Facile Method for Synthesis of 2-Substituted Benzimidazoles via Reductive Cyclization of <i>O</i>-Nitroaniline and Aryl Aldehydes

<table>Synthesis of 2-substituted benzimidazoles from <i>o</i>-nitroanilines and aryl aldehydes via an in situ nitro reduction.</table>

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Scheme 1: Highly Efficient and Facile Method for Synthesis of 2-Substituted Benzimidazoles via Reductive Cyclization of <i>O</i>-Nitroaniline and Aryl Aldehydes 

Scheme 1 | Highly Efficient and Facile Method for Synthesis of 2-Substituted Benzimidazoles via Reductive Cyclization of O-Nitroaniline and Aryl Aldehydes 