Dimethylformamide → 6-[1-(Difluoromethoxy)-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl]-1-(2-methoxy-4,6-dimethylpyrimidin-5-yl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimido[1,2-a]benzimidazole-9-carbonitrile

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A mixture of 9-bromo-6-[1-(difluoromethoxy)-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl]-1-(2-methoxy-4,6-dimethylpyrimidin-5-yl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimido[1,2-a]benzimidazole (254 mg, 0.474 mmol), zinc cyanide (557 mg, 4.74 mmol), 2-(di-tert-butylphosphino)biphenyl (14.1 mg, 0.0474 mmol), and tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium (43.4 mg, 0.0474 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (2.4 ml) was stirred at 120° C. under nitrogen for 7 hr. The mixture was diluted with 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. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel eluting with a 75-100% ethyl acetate/n-hexane gradient mixture. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to give a solid, which was recrystallized from ethyl acetate/n-hexane to give the title compound as colorless crystals (118 mg, 0.245 mmol, 52%).

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