Hydrochloric Acid → 2-amino-1-((4-fluorophenyl)methyl)-1H-benzimidazole

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To a stirred mixture of 23.5 parts of N-(4-fluorophenylmethyl)-1,2-benzenediamine and 14.4 parts of concentrated hydrochloric acid were added dropwise 9 parts of cyanamide at 100° C. After stirring for 3 hours at 100° C., there were added dropwise 10.5 parts of a sodium hydroxide solution 50%. Upon completion, stirring was continued overnight at reflux temperature. The reaction mixture was cooled and taken up in a mixture of water, trichloromethane and N,N-dimethylformamide. The organic phase was separated, dried, filtered and evaporated. The residue was stirred in trichloromethane. The product was filtered off and crystallized from trichloromethane, yielding 2.5 parts (9.5%) of 1-(4-fluorophenylmethyl)-1H-benzimidazol-2-amine; mp. 189.5° C. (int. 31).

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