Dimethylformamide → 1-(pyridin-3-yl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-1,3-benzodiazol-2-one

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N,N′-Carbonyldiimidazole (0.57 g) was added to a DMF solution (5 ml) of N-pyridine-3-ylbenzene-1,2-diamine (0.5 g). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1.5 hours. Water was added to the reaction mixture and the precipitated insoluble matter was separated, washed with water, and dried to give the title compound (0.5 g) as a pale whitish purple powder.

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