Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 178424045, compound

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Reaction Steps

30 ml (150 mmol) of hydrogen chloride-solution (5 M in water) and 1.5 ml (14.68 mmol) 2,4-Pentandione are added to a solution of (7.34 mmol) of 2-Amino-3,5-dimethylphenylamine (example X, Step 1) in 112 ml ethanol. The reaction mixture is refluxed for 30 minutes. The solution is neutralized with saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution (to pH 7) and extracted with dichlormethane. The organic phases are dried over magnesium sulfate and the solvent is evaporated under vacuum to afford 2,5,7-Trimethyl-1H-benzimidazole (1.46 g) in quantitative yield.

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