“…For aryl iodides or bromides, a variety of substituents on the benzonitrile moiety, such as Me, OMe, Cl, Br, or CN, can be used. It is worth noting that C-Br or C-Cl compatible with reaction conditions are particularly appealing, since these substituents offer great opportunity for further synthetic manipulations (entries 13,14,16,17,19, and 21, Table 2). The steric hindrance of ortho substituents on the nitrile moiety seemed not to hamper the reaction, and the benzimidazoles could be obtained in excellent yields (entries 7, 8, 13, and 14, Table 2).…”