Potassium Carbonate → Methyl 9-chloro-1-(3,5-dichloropyridin-2-yl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimido[1,2-a]benzimidazole-6-carboxylate

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Methanesulfonyl chloride (1.8 mL, 23.1 mmol) was added to a stirred solution of methyl 4-chloro-2-[(3,5-dichloropyridin-2-yl)amino]-1-(3-hydroxypropyl)-1H-benzimidazole-7-carboxylate (Reference example 123, 3.32 g, 7.73 mmol) and triethylamine (4.3 mL) in tetrahydrofuran (100 mL) at 0° C. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hr. The mixture was diluted, with aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate, and the precipitate was collected by filtration. A mixture of the resulting mesylate and potassium carbonate (4.27 g, 30.9 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (40 mL) was stirred at 80° C. for 2 hr. The mixture was diluted with water, and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layer 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 20-50% ethyl acetate/n-hexane gradient mixture. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to give the solid, which was washed with diisopropyl ether to give the title compound as a colorless powder (2.37 g, 5.76 mmol, 75% in 2 steps).

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