Ethanol → Ethyl 1H-benzimidazole-6-carboxylate

HRID 465038

Reaction equation

HRID 465038 reaction equation
Cl.[C:2]([C:5]1[CH:13]=[CH:12][C:8]2[N:9]=[CH:10][NH:11][C:7]=2[CH:6]=1)([OH:4])=[O:3].[CH2:14](O)[CH3:15]>S(=O)(=O)(O)O>[CH2:14]([O:3][C:2]([C:5]1[CH:13]=[CH:12][C:8]2[N:9]=[CH:10][NH:11][C:7]=2[CH:6]=1)=[O:4])[CH3:15]

Participants

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Procedure

According to a method similar to that described in Zhur. Obschei Khim., vol. 32, pp 835-41 (1953), 3,4-diaminobenzoic acid was prepared. A formic acid solution (200 ml) of 3,4-diaminobenzoic acid (8 g) thus prepared was refluxed for 4 hrs to yield 5-carboxybenzimidazole.hydrochloride (8.9 g). The carboxylic acid (8.9 g) was refluxed with heating for 3.5 hrs in a mixture of sulfuric acid (4 ml) and absolute ethanol (140 ml) to yield 5-ethoxycarbonylbenzimidazole (mp. 93°-94° C., 7.8 g). An anhydrous tetrahydrofuran solution (20 ml) of the ester (7.5 g) was added to an anhydrous tetrahydrofuran suspension (50 ml) of lithium aluminium hydride (6.5 g) while cooling. The mixture was stirred for 3 hrs at room temperature to yield 5-hydroxymethylbenzimidazole (mp. 128.4° C., 3.62 g). A 47% aqueous hydrobromic acid solution (33 ml) containing the benzimidazole derivative (2.2 g) and cysteamine hydrochloride (1.9 g) was refluxed with heating for 7 hrs to yield 5-[(2-aminoethyl)thiomethyl]benzimidazole.2 hydrobromide (mp. 224°-225° C., 4.2 g).

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d7471582180a49399b42ee5b3fa402cf
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1985_10
Patent number
US04550118

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