Sodium hydride → 2-Butyl 4-methyl-1-[(4-nitrophenyl)methyl]-1H-benzimidazole

HRID 5021Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 5021 reaction equation
[H-].[Na+].[CH2:3]([C:7]1[NH:8][C:9]2[C:15]([CH3:16])=[CH:14][CH:13]=[CH:12][C:10]=2[N:11]=1)[CH2:4][CH2:5][CH3:6].[N+:17]([C:20]1[CH:27]=[CH:26][C:23]([CH2:24]Br)=[CH:22][CH:21]=1)([O-:19])=[O:18]>CN(C=O)C>[CH2:3]([C:7]1[N:11]([CH2:24][C:23]2[CH:26]=[CH:27][C:20]([N+:17]([O-:19])=[O:18])=[CH:21][CH:22]=2)[C:10]2[CH:12]=[CH:13][CH:14]=[C:15]([CH3:16])[C:9]=2[N:8]=1)[CH2:4][CH2:5][CH3:6]

Participants

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Procedure

To a slurry of NaH (60%, 0.21 g. 5.3 mmol) in DMF was added with stirring a solution of 2-butyl-4-methyl-benzimidazole (1 g. 5.3 mmol) in DMF (20 mL under nitrogen atmosphere. After the gas evolution was complete, the reaction mixture was cooled in ice and a solution of 4-nitrobenzyl bromide (1.5 g, 5.3 mmol) in DMF (5 mL) was added with stirring. The reaction mixture was allowed to warm up slowly to room temperature and stirred for 16 hours. DMF was distilled under reduced pressure and the residue was taken up in EtOAc, and the solution was washed with water. It was dried over MgSO4 and evaporated to give a solid which was chromatographed (CH2Cl2 /EtOAc 4/1-EtOAc) to give 1.5 g of a solid, MP 115°-116° C.

Workup

  1. temperaturethe reaction mixture was cooled in ice
  2. stirringstirred for 16 hours
  3. distillationDMF was distilled under reduced pressure
  4. washthe solution was washed with water
  5. dry with materialIt was dried over MgSO4
  6. customevaporated
  7. customto give a solid which
  8. customwas chromatographed (CH2Cl2 /EtOAc 4/1-EtOAc)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8b03c4b147cc4e73961cfb46cd3fddcd
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1993_09
Patent number
US05242939

Reaction notes

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