2-Methylbenzimidazole is an important pharmacophore widely used in medicinal chemistry for the synthesis of various antibacterial and antifungal agents.[1][2]
It can be used as a key precursor to synthesize substituted benzimidazo[1,2-a]quinolones.[3]
It can be used in the synthesis of reversible solid-to-liquid phase transition coordination polymer crystals.[4]
2-Methylbenzimidazole also exhibits corrosion inhibition.[5]
We have recently reported that a series of (E)-8-styrylcaffeines and (E)-2-styrylbenzimidazoles are moderate to very potent competitive inhibitors of monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B). The most potent member of the series was found to be (E)-8-(3-chlorostyryl)caffeine (CSC) with an enzyme-inhibitor dissociation
Reversible solid-to-liquid phase transition of coordination polymer crystals.
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Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(2), 864-870 (2015)
Synthesis and biological evaluation of substituted benzimidazoles.
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Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 93, 1009-1018 (2016)
Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of Some Benzimidazole and 2-Methylbenzimidazole Derivatives.
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