Phosphorus oxychloride → HCID 68760448, compound

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A mixture of ethyl 4-(7-bromo-2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzimidazol-1-yl)butanoate (4.11 g, 12.6 mmol) and phosphoryl chloride (49 g, 320 mmol) was stirred at 100° C. for 4 hr. After cooling, phosphoryl chloride was evaporated in vacuo. The residue was neutralized with saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel eluting with a 5-30% ethyl acetate/n-hexane gradient mixture. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound as a colorless powder (1.57 g, 4.54 mmol, 36%).

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