Ethyl Acetate → HCID 66756805, compound

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Into a 50 mL roundbottom flask, was placed a solution of 1-[5-(2,6-difluoro-benzoylamino)-pyrazin-2-yl]-2-trifluoromethyl-1H-benzoimidazole-5-carboxylic acid (2,2-diethoxy-ethyl)-amide (xiv) (50 mg, 0.09 mmol, 1.00 equiv) in CH3SO3H (3 g). To the mixture was added P2O5 (80 mg, 0.56 mmol, 5.00 equiv). The resulting solution was allowed to stir at 130° C. for 3 h, then was diluted with ice water and extracted three times with 150 mL of EtOAc. The organic layers were combined and dried over Na2SO4. After removal of the solvent and volatile components, the residue was purified by eluting through a silica gel column with first a 1:3 and then 1:2 EtOAc/PE solvent system to provide 2,6-difluoro-N-[5-(5-oxazol-2-yl-2-trifluoromethyl-benzoimidazol-1-yl)-pyrazin-2-yl]-benzamide (5 mg, 12% yield) as a white solid.

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