Acetic Acid → HCID 178432210, compound

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A mixture of 668 mg of 2,3-diamino-6-nitrotoluene, 20 mL of glacial acetic acid and 2 mL of 12N hydrochloric acid is heated to reflux for 3 hours. The resulting mixture is cooled to room temperature and rotary evaporated. The residue is diluted with 20 mL of water, and basified with ammonium hydroxide (28-30%). The resulting suspension is extracted with ethyl acetate and the extracts are dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and rotary evaporated to provide 720 mg of 2,4-dimethyl-5-nitrobenzimidazole as a tan solid.

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