4-Methylamino-3-chloracetamidobenzoic acid-n-(n-propyl)-n-(2-ethoxycarbonylethyl)amide → 2-Chloromethyl-1-methylbenzimidazol-5-yl-carboxylic acid-n-(n-propyl)-n-(2-ethoxycarbonylethyl)amide

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1.6 g (4.3 mmol) of 4-methylamino-3-chloracetamidobenzoic acid-N-(n-propyl)-N-(2-ethoxycarbonylethyl)amide were heated to 100° C. in 25 mL of acetic acid for 30 minutes. Then the solvent was distilled off, the crude product was taken up in 40 mL methylene chloride/ethanol (9:1) and washed with 20 mL saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution. The organic phase was dried with sodium sulfate and evaporated down. Yield: 1.5 g (100% of theory) of brown oil; Rf value: 0.63 (silica gel; ethyl acetate/ethanol/ammonia=90:10:1).

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