4-Chloro-5-fluoro-1,2-phenylenediamine → 5-chloro-6-fluoro-2-methyl-1H-benzimidazole

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A 4.96 g portion of ethyl orthoacetate dissolved in 10 ml of ethanol was added to 50 ml of ethanol solution containing 4.68 g of 4-chloro-5-fluorobenzene-1,2-diamine and heated under reflux for 4 hours. After concentration of the reaction liquid, the thus formed residue was purified by a silica gel column chromatography to obtain 2.10 g (39%) of 5-chloro-6-fluoro-2-methyl-1H-benzimidazole from a chloroform-methanol (10:1) eluate. ES+: 185

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