4-Fluorobenzoyl chloride → 4-(4-Fluorobenzoyl)-5-methyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazol-2-one

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To a stirred mixture of 98.1 g (1 mole) of 1,3-dihydro-4-methyl-2H-imidazol-2-one, 266.7 g (2 moles) of anhydrous aluminum chloride and 500 ml of nitrobenzene there is added dropwise over 10 minutes, 158.6 g (1 mole) of p-fluorobenzoyl chloride. The mixture is stirred at 60°-65° C. for 6 hours, then poured onto 2 kg of ice. The precipitate which forms is separated by filtration, washed with diethyl ether and water and recrystallized from dimethylformamide to give 1,3-dihydro-4-(4-fluorobenzoyl)-5-methyl-2H-imidazol-2-one melting at about 289°-292° C.

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