Water → (R)-3-acetyl-1-[1-(acenaphthen-1-yl)piperidin-4-yl]-1,3-dihydro-2H-benzoimidazol-2-one

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(R)-1-[1-(Acenaphthen-1-yl)piperidin-4-yl]-1,3-dihydro-2H-benzoimidazol-2-one (6.2 g, 16.8 mmol) was dissolved in DMF (60 ml). Sodium hydride (0.9 g, 60%) was added and the suspension was stirred at 50° C. for 30 min. It was cooled to room temperature and acetyl chloride (1.5 g, 19 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred for 3 hr. The reaction mixture was poured into water and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with water and saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution, dried over magnesium sulfate, and concentrated. The obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (chloroform/methanol) to give the title compound (6.3 g) as pale-yellow crystals

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