Abir Ayachi

Dr. Abir Ayachi


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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21 July 2025 in Molecules
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AAAbir Ayachi
Abir Ayachi
ATAbdellatif Tikad
Abdellatif Tikad
VLVincent Lazeran
Vincent Lazeran
HAHassan Allouchi
Hassan Allouchi
MBMarc Bletry
Marc Bletry
BJBadr Jismy
Badr Jismy
Herein, we report a one-pot palladium- and ligand-free tandem Sonogashira coupling/regioselective 6-endo-dig oxacyclization reaction of 2,4-diiodo-1-methyl-imidazole-5-carboxylic acid with terminal alkynes mediated by Copper(I). This impressive approach offers a straightforward, practical, and efficient tandem procedure for accessing 2-alkynylated pyrano[4,3-d]imidazol-4-one in moderate to good yields with an exclusive 6-endo-dig oxacyclization. Notably, this cost-effective methodology demonstrates broad substrate compatibility with various commercially available aliphatic and (hetero)aromatic terminal alkynes. Furthermore, DFT studies were performed to elucidate the origin of this regioselective 6-endo-dig oxacyclization reaction.