Ammonia → HCID 178420756, compound

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A mixture of 3.3 parts of 4-(1H-imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-1,2-benzenediamine, 2.88 parts of ethyl cyclopropanecarboximidate hydrochloride and 64 parts of ethanol was stirred first for 4 hours at room temperature and further for 1 hour at reflux. The reaction mixture was cooled, treated with methanol, saturated with ammonia, and evaporated. The residue was purified twice by column chromatography over silica gel using first a mixture of trichloromethane and methanol (90:10 by volume) and then a mixture of trichloromethane and methanol (92:8 by volume) as eluent. The pure fractions were collected and the eluent was evaporated. The residue was crystallized from ethyl acetate, yielding 2.57 parts (61.6%) of 2-cyclopropyl-5-(1H-imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-1H-benzimidazole; mp. 184.3° C. (compound 168).

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