Sodium hydride → 2-Chloro-1-[[2-(trimethylsilanyl)ethoxy]methyl]-benzimidazole

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

According to Scheme A, a mixture of NaH (60% dispersion in oil, 0.40 g, 9.8 mmol) and THF (10 mL) was cooled to 0° C., then solid 2-chlorobenzoimidazole (1.0 g, 6.5 mmol) was added portion wise over 10 min. The resulting mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 1 h, then 2-(trimethylsilyl)-ethoxymethyl chloride (1.5 mL, 8.5 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to 23° C. and was stirred 16 h. The mixture was carefully poured over ice (200 g) and then was extracted with Et2O (3×100 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried, filtered, and concentrated. The residue was purified (FCC) (1:99 to 15:85 EtOAc/hexanes) to yield the titled compound, which has been previously described (WO 2005/012296, Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V., Example 7).

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