Acetic Acid → HCID 68772648, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a suspension of methyl 3-{7-amino-2-[(2,4-dichlorophenyl) (hydroxy)methyl]-1H-benzimidazol-1-yl}propanoate (6.00 g, 14.7 mmol) and acetic acid (7.4 mL) in methanol (147 mL) was added acetaldehyde (4.95 mL, 88.2 mmol) at 0° C. After 30 min, sodium acetoxyborohydride. (18.7 g, 88.2 mmol) was added. After 2 h, the reaction mixture was quenched with water, concentrated in vacuo, diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with aqueous sodium hydroxide (1 M) and brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with a 10-30% ethyl acetate/n-hexane gradient mixture to give the title compound as a colorless amorphous (6.30 g, 13.6 mmol, 92%).

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