Journal Name ARTICLE This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 20xx J. Name ., 2013, 00, 1-3 | 1 Please do not adjust margins Please do not adjust margins www.rsc.org/ An optimized approach in the synthesis of Imatinib intermediates and its analogues M. Kinigopoulou, a M. Filippidou, a M. Gogou, a A. Giannousi, a P. Fouka, a N. Ntemou, a D. Alivertis, b C. Georgis, a A. Brentas, a V. Polychronidou, a P. Voulgari, a V. Theodorou *a and K. Skobridis *a Supplementary Information Scheme 1 1 H NMR spectrum of compound 14 in DMSO-d 6 (400MHz) Electronic Supplementary Material (ESI) for RSC Advances. This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016