3-Amino-4-(cyclohexylamino)benzonitrile → 2-[4-Hydroxyphenyl]-1-cyclohexyl-1H-benzimidazole-5-carbonitrile

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A solution of ethyl 4-hydroxybenzimidate hydrochloride (5, 1.26 g, 6.7 mmol) and compound 4 (1.5 g, 5.0 mmol) in methanol (10 mL) was refluxed overnight under a nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture was cooled to rt, filtered, and washed with methanol to afford 6 as a pinkish brown solid (1.26 g, 68%). ESI-MS m/e 372.1 (M+1).

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