Phosphorus pentachloride → 1-(2,4-diisopropyldibenzo[b,d]thiophen-3-yl)-2-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole

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N-(2-chloroethyl)benzamide (4.3 g, 23.42 mmol), was dissolved in 50 mL anhydrous m-xylene under nitrogen. Phosphorus pentachloride (7.31 g, 35.1 mmol) was then carefully added and the mixture heated to reflux under nitrogen for 2 h. The solution was allowed to cooled to room temperature and 2,4-diisopropyldibenzo[b,d]thiophen-3-amine (7.30 g, 25.8 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 20 h. After cooling, the precipitate was filtered and the solid imidazoline product was collected and washed with toluene followed by hexanes. The resultant crude product was dissolved in methylene chloride and washed twice with 50% NaOH. The organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford title product (4.8 g, 50%).

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