Thionyl Chloride → 1-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimido[1,2-a]benzimidazole-6-carbonitrile

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To a suspension of 1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimido[1,2-a]benzimidazole-6-carboxamide (280 mg, 0.775 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (3.0 mL) was added thionyl chloride (0.17 mL, 2.33 mmol), and the mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 40 min. The mixture was poured into saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate, and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give the solid, which was recrystallized from ethyl acetate/diisopropyl ether to give the title compound as a colorless crystal (261 mg, 0.760 mmol, 98%).

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