Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-5-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one

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To a stirred solution of 46 parts of 1,3-dihydro-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-5-methyl-3-(1-methylethenyl)-2H-benzimidazol-2-one in 168 parts of ethanol are added 48 parts of hydrochloric acid solution and the whole is stirred for 2 hours at room temperature. The reaction mixture is evaporated and the residue is stirred in 250 parts of water. The precipitated product is filtered off, washed with 2,2'-oxybispropane and dried, yielding 22.3 parts (58%) of 1,3-dihydro-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-5-methyl-2H-benzimidazol-2-one; mp. 158.7° C.

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