Tributylphosphine → 4-((4-Chloro-3-fluorobenzyl)oxy)-1-(2-ethyl-1-methyl-1H-benzimidazol-6-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one

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To a solution of 1-(2-ethyl-1-methyl-1H-benzimidazol-6-yl)-4-hydroxypyridin-2(1H)-one (500 mg), (4-chloro-3-fluorophenyl)methanol (596 mg) and tributylphosphine (1.13 g) in THF (20 ml) was added 1,1′-(azodicarbonyl)dipiperidine (1.41 g), and the reaction mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 2 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature. The mixture was poured into water and extracted with EtOAc. The extract was washed with brine, dried over MgSO4, concentrated and purified by NH silica gel column chromatography (hexane/EtOAc then EtOAc/MeOH). The resulting solid was recrystallized from EtOH-water to give the title compound (265 mg) as a white solid.

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