Water → 1-(2,6-Difluorobenzyl)-2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4-hydroxymethylbenzimidazole

HRID 2182104Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2182104 reaction equation
[F:1][C:2]1[CH:30]=[CH:29][CH:28]=[C:27]([F:31])[C:3]=1[CH2:4][N:5]1[C:9]2[CH:10]=[CH:11][CH:12]=[C:13]([CH2:14][O:15]C(=O)C)[C:8]=2[N:7]=[C:6]1[C:19]1[C:24]([F:25])=[CH:23][CH:22]=[CH:21][C:20]=1[F:26].O.C([O-])([O-])=O.[K+].[K+]>CO>[F:1][C:2]1[CH:30]=[CH:29][CH:28]=[C:27]([F:31])[C:3]=1[CH2:4][N:5]1[C:9]2[CH:10]=[CH:11][CH:12]=[C:13]([CH2:14][OH:15])[C:8]=2[N:7]=[C:6]1[C:19]1[C:20]([F:26])=[CH:21][CH:22]=[CH:23][C:24]=1[F:25]

Participants

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Procedure

To 1-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4-acetoxymethylbenzimidazole (Example 103) (1.45 g, 3.38 mmol) dissolved in methanol (19 mL) and water (1.0 mL) was added K2CO3 (0.40 g). After 30 min, the reaction was concentrated, redissolved in EtOAc, and washed with NaHSO4 (10% soln) and NaCl (sat. aq). The combined washings were dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and concentrated. Recrystallization of the crude product from diethylether:hexane (3:1) yielded white crystals of 1-(2,6-Difluorobenzyl)-2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4-hydroxymethylbenzimidazole (1.25 g, 3.24 mmol, 96% yield). M.p. 157-158° C. 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CD2Cl2): δ 7.54 (m, 1H, H4′), 7.43 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H, H7), 7.30-7.22 (m, 2H, H6,4″), 7.18 (d, J=7.5 Hz, 1H, H5), 7.09 (m, 2H, H3′,5′), 6.82 (m, 2H, H3″,5″), 5.37 (s, 2H, CH2PhF2), 5.06 (d, J=5.4 Hz, 2H, CH2O), 3.51 (t, J=5.4 Hz, 1H, OH).

Workup

  1. concentrationthe reaction was concentrated
  2. dissolutionredissolved in EtOAc
  3. washwashed with NaHSO4 (10% soln) and NaCl (sat. aq)
  4. dry with materialThe combined washings were dried (Na2SO4)
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationconcentrated
  7. customRecrystallization of the crude product from diethylether:hexane (3:1)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d58e92c0d57d491eb81ef248661d5053
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2005_05
Patent number
US06894068B2

Reaction notes

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