HCID 68936251, compound → HCID 68939750, compound

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A suspension of (3,5-dimethoxy-phenyl)-(1,2-dimethyl-1H-benzoimidazol-5-yl)-methanol (2.1 g, 6.7 mmol) and MnO2 (2.9 g, 33.6 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (300 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 17 h. The mixture was filtered through celite and solvent was removed. The crude product was slurried with ether to afford (3,5-dimethoxy-phenyl)-(1,2-dimethyl-1H-benzoimidazol-5-yl)-methanone (2.0 g, 99%) as an off white solid: 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 7.90 (s, 1H), 7.71-7.62 (m, 2H), 6.80 (s, 3H), 3.80 (s, 3H), 3.35 (s, 3H), 2.58 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 195.28, 160.17, 154.83, 141.54, 140.27, 139.15, 130.15, 123.50, 120.73, 109.70, 107.19, 103.62, 55.47, 29.96, 13.52.

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