Hydrochloric Acid → 4-bromo-2-isopropyl-6-nitro-1H-benzo[d]imidazole

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A mixture of 3-bromo-5-nitrobenzene-1,2-diamine (4 g, 17.24 mmol) and isobutyric acid (7.99 ml, 86 mmol) in 3M HCl (100 ml, 300 mmol) was heated to 105° C. for 5 days. The mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature and was poured into chilled 5M Sodium Hydroxide (60.0 ml, 300 mmol) solution. The resulting mixture was allowed to stand in an ice bath and the brown solid that precipitated was collected by filtration. The solid was washed several times with H2O and then dried in a vacuum oven at 50° C. leaving desired product as a dark solid (4.2 g, 71% yield). MS (ES+) m/e: 283.0, 284.0 [M+H]+

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