Potassium tert-butoxide → 6-Bromo-4-fluoro-2-methyl-1-(propan-2-yl)-1H-benzimidazole

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Add potassium tert-butoxide (6.9 kg) in portions to a solution of N-(4-bromo-2,6-difluoro-phenyl)-N′-isopropyl-acetamidine (16.2 kg) in N-methyl formamide (76 kg) while maintaining the temperature at T<30° C. Heat the mixture at 70-75° C. until complete by HPLC. Cool to 20-30° C. and quench by adding into water (227 kg) then extract with MtBE (37×4 kg). Wash the combined organic phases with brine (49×2 kg) and concentrate to 25-30 L, add n-hexane (64 kg) and filter the slurry to give 11 kg of the title compound. MS (ES+): m/z=272 (M+H)+.

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