Thionyl Chloride → 2-Chloro-1-methyl-5-nitro-1H-benzimidazole

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The compound 1-Methyl-5-nitro-1,3-dihydro-benzoimidazole-2-thione (5.8 g, 27.9 mmol) was heated to reflux with SOCl2 (30 ml) overnight. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and poured into 300 ml of ice water and extracted with CH2Cl2. The organic layers was washed with 10% NaHCO3 water solution, brine, dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated to give the title compound as a yellow solid. MS (ESI) m/z=212 [M+H].

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