Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 22258222, compound

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Reaction Steps

16.23 g (36.18 mmol) crude compound of Example VIII are refluxed 1.5 h in 300 ml concentrated hydrochloric acid. The mixture is cooled to rT and 200 mL water are added. The solution is extracted twice with toluene and the aqueous phase is concentrated under vacuum. The residue is stirred with ethanol, filtered, washed once with ethyl acetate and once with petrol ether and dried. The filtrate is concentrated and stirred with ethanol, the solid is filtered, washed with petrol ether and dried to yield a total of 6.55 g (65% of th.) 1-phenyl-2-(4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)ethanone hydrochloride.

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