Ethanol → Ethyl 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[d]imidazole-6-carboxylate

HRID 1585214

Reaction equation

HRID 1585214 reaction equation
S([O-])([O-])(=O)=O.[CH2:6]([O:8][C:9]([C:11]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][C:14]2[N:15]=[CH:16][NH:17][C:13]=2[CH:12]=1)=[O:10])[CH3:7].C(O)C>[C].[Pd].[H][H]>[CH2:6]([O:8][C:9]([CH:11]1[CH2:19][CH2:18][C:14]2[N:15]=[CH:16][NH:17][C:13]=2[CH2:12]1)=[O:10])[CH3:7]

Participants

6

Procedure

A mixture of 10.0 g of sulfate of benzimidazole-5-carboxylic ethyl ester, 5.0 g of 5% palladium-carbon catalyst, and 100 ml of ethanol was stirred in hydrogen for five hours under the conditions of 135° C. and 50 kg/cm2, cooled, then filtered to separate the catalyst, and distilled to expel the ethanol. The residue of the distillation was neutralized with an aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and extracted with chloroform. The chloroform layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and then distilled to expel chloroform and obtain 6.9 g of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzimidazole-5-carboxylic ethyl ester. This ester and 200 ml of 6N hydrochloric acid added thereto were refluxed together for seven hours. The hydrochloric acid solution was concentrated to dryness, crystallized by addition of acetone, separated by filtration, and then dried to obtain 6.9 g of hydrochloride of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzimidazole-5-carboxylic acid.

Workup

  1. temperaturecooled
  2. filtrationfiltered
  3. customto separate the catalyst
  4. distillationdistilled
  5. distillationThe residue of the distillation
  6. extractionextracted with chloroform
  7. dry with materialThe chloroform layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  8. distillationdistilled

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-44eadcf7d79240e28e635913ec9e072a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_08
Patent number
US05936098

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