Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 67916129, compound

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To a suspension of sodium hydride (NaH) (0.69 g, 30 mmol) in dimethylformamide (DMF) (100 mL) was added 2-mercaptobenzimidazole (4.5 g, 10 mmol) in DMF (20 mL) at 0° C. under N2. To the resultant solution was added geranyl chloride (5.16 g, 10 mmol) over 30 minutes. The reaction was stirred for five hours at ambient temperature under N2 then treated with 2N NaOH and extracted with diethyl ether (Et2O). The Et2O extract was washed with saturated NaCl, concentrated in vacuo, dissolved in methylene chloride, and dried over Na2SO4. Recrystallization from Et2O gave white crystalline 2-[(3,7-dimethyl-2,6(E)-octadienyl)-thio]-1H-1,3-benzimidazole (3.15 g, 36.6%). m.p. 98°-100° C. NMR (CDCl3):δ7.4(m, 2H), 7.1(m, 2H) 5.3(t,J=8 Hz, 1H) 5.0(m 1H) , 3.90(d, J= 10 Hz, 2H , 2.00(m, 4H), 1.65(m, 9H).

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