Tetrahydrofuran → 5-Methylbenzimidazolone

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Into a 100 mL round bottomed flask, 3,4-diaminotoluene (1.00 g, 8.2 mmol) was dissolved in THF (8.2 mL). CDT (1.59 g, 9.8 mmol) in THF (25 mL) was added slowly via addition funnel. After addition the mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature. Solvent was removed under vacuum and the residue was purified by column chromatography (5% MeOH/DCM) to give the product 5-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one (110A) as a brown-tan solid (990 mg, 82% yield). ESI-MS:m/z 149.4 (M+H)+.

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