Tributylphosphine → 1-(2-Cyclopropyl-1-methyl-1H-benzimidazol-6-yl)-4-((5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-furyl)methoxy)pyridin-2(1H)-one

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To a suspension of 1-(2-cyclopropyl-1-methyl-1H-benzimidazol-6-yl)-4-hydroxypyridin-2(1H)-one (400 mg) and (5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-furyl)methanol (462 mg) in THF (40 ml) were added tributylphosphine (1.06 ml) and 1,1′-(azodicarbonyl)dipiperidine (1.08 g) at 60° C., and the mixture was stirred for 3 h. After the solvent was evaporated, the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane/EtOAc then EtOAc/MeOH), followed by NH silica gel column chromatography (hexane/EtOAc then EtOAc/MeOH). Then the resulting solid was recrystallized from EtOH-hexane to give the title compound (313 mg) as an off-white solid.

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