A mixture of 0.05 g (0.15 mmole) of 3-[5-Carbamoyl-4-(3-chloro-phenyl)-thiazol-2-yl]-3H-benzoimidazole-5-carboxylic acid (I.10a), 0.050 mL of N-methyl-piperazine, 0.070 g (0.18 mmole) of 1-[bis(dimethylamino)methylene]-1H-1,2,3-triazolo[4,5-b]pyridinium, 3-oxide, hexafluorophosphate(1-) (1:1) and 4 mL of dimethylformamide was stirred at room temperature for 16 hours. The mixture was poured into 50 mL of water and made acidic by addition of 1 M hydrochloric acid. The aqueous layer was extracted three times with 20 mL of ethyl acetate and then made basic by addition of potassium carbonate solution. The mixture was extracted three times with 20 ml, of ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were washed with 20 mL of water, 20 mL of brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography, eluting with methanol-dichloromethane (7:93) to give 0.021 g of 4-(3-chloro-phenyl)-2-[6-(4-methyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-benzoimidazol-1-yl]-thiazole-5-carboxylic acid amide (I.11) as a yellow solid. MH+/Z=481
