Water → HCID 86614870, compound

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2-(1H-phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazol-2-yl)isophthalonitrile from Step 2 (1 g, 2.91 mmol) was mixed with cesium carbonate (1.14 g, 3.49 mmol) in chloroiodomethane (10 mL). The mixture was heated to 80° C. overnight. The reaction was cooled to room temperature and poured into 200 mL water and 500 mL ethyl acetate. The layers were separated, and the organic layer washed with 200 mL water, 200 mL saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution, 100 mL brine, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The crude solid was purified by flash column chromatography using 40% ethyl acetate in hexane to give 357 mg of 2-[1-(chloromethyl)-1H-phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazol-2-yl]isophthalonitrile (31%) plus 650 mg of a mixture of product and starting material.

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