Acetonitrile → 1-Ethyl-N-methyl-N-pyridin-2-yl-1H-benzimidazol-2-amine

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To a flask were added 1.06 g of di-(2-picolyl)amine and 20 ml of acetonitrile. The solution was stirred under nitrogen, when 0.7 g of triethylamine were added, followed by 1.5 g of trimethylacetyl chloride. After 1 hour, 20 ml of water were added and the acetonitrile was removed. The product was extracted with ethyl acetate and washed with water. Following solvent removal, the product was recrystallized by dissolving in 6 ml hot hexane with 0.5 ml 2-propanol. Another 2 ml hexane were added and the mixture was cooled to 5 C, filtered, washed with hexane and dried, resulting in 1.3 g of an off-white solid.

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