Hydrochloric Acid → 9-(2-HYDROXY-2-PHENYLETHYL)-2,3-DIHYDROIMIDAZO[1,2-a]BENZIMIDAZOLE HYDROCHLORIDE

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Add bit by bit 0.3 g (7.5 mmol) of sodium borohydride to a suspension of 1.94 g (7 mmol) of 9-phenacyl-2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-a]benzimidazole in 15 ml of methanol over a period of thirty minutes at room temperature. Continue stirring for a further four hours and leave until the next day. Add 10 ml of 10% hydrochloric acid until a pH of 2-3 is obtained and evaporate the methanol. Treat the residue with a solution of ammonium hydroxide and extract with chloroform. Recrystallise from ethanol the residue from extraction.

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