“…Alternatively, glyoxal was used as the aldehyde component in U-4CR, and the second carbonyl functionality was employed for the imidazole ring formation [50]. Alcohol was used as an acid component [39], or application of thiocarboxylic [51,52], cyanic [53,54], thiocyanic, or hydrazoic acid [54] was reported in the literature. Alternatively, one starting component can bear two functional groups, e.g., ketoacid, thus serving as both ketone and carboxylic acid [1,54].…”