Acetic Acid → HCID 178432210, compound

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A mixture of 2,3-diamino-6-nitrotoluene (0.945 g, 5.65 mmol), conc. hydrochloric acid (5 mL) and glacial acetic acid (30 mL) is heated to reflux for 2 hours. The mixture is cooled to room temperature, then poured in a mixture of crushed ice (100 mL) and ammonium hydroxide (100 mL) and extracted with 20% methanol in chloroform (2×400 mL). The combined extracts are dried over potassium carbonate and rotary evaporated to afford 2,4-dimethyl-5-nitrobenzimidazole as a brown solid. The product is used in the following step without further purification.

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