Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 21938192, compound

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500 mg of 2,2-dimethyl-6-[(1,2-diphenyl-1H-benzimidazol-6-yl)oxy]hexanonitrile was refluxed for 2 hours in 5 ml of 80% sulfuric acid. After cooling, it was carefully added to ice water, the pH was set at 8 with sodium hydroxide solution, it was extracted three times with ethyl acetate, the extracts were dried on sodium sulfate, and it was concentrated by evaporation in a vacuum. The residue was chromatographed on silica gel.

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