Triethylamine → N-methoxy-N,1-dimethyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazole-5-carboxamide

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Reaction Steps

A suspension of 1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazole-5-carboxylic acid (9.7 g, 1.0 eq), EDCI (10.5 g, 1.2 eq), and HOBt (7.4 g, 1.2 eq) in 150 mL CH2Cl2 was stirred at rt for 5 min, and then N-methoxymethanamine hydrochloride (6.7 g, 1.5 eq) and Et3N (18.5 g, 4.0 eq) were added. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt overnight. Water was added and extracted with CH2Cl2. The extract was dried, concentrated, and purified by column chromatography to give the desired product (9.5 g, 80%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.20 (d, J=1.2 Hz, 1H), 7.93 (s, 1H), 7.72 (dd, J=8.8 Hz, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.40 (dd, J=8.4 Hz, 0.8 Hz, 1H), 3.87 (s, 3H), 3.57 (s, 3H), 3.40 (s, 3H).

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