Hydrochloric Acid → (1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)(3-((3-nitropyridin-2-yl)amino)cyclobutyl)methanone

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To a solution of (1-(methoxymethyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)(3-((3-nitropyridin-2-yl)amino)-cyclobutyl)methanone (534 mg, 1.40 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (20 mL) at room temperature was added concentrated hydrochloric acid (20 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour and then heated at 60° C. for 6 hours. The mixture was partially concentrated, neutralized with aqueous saturated sodium bicarbonate and diluted with ethyl acetate. The aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×40 mL) and the combined organic extracts were washed with brine (20 mL). The organic was dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated to get a residue, which was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel (10% to 40% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether) to give (1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)(3-((3-nitropyridin-2-yl)amino)cyclobutyl)methanone (0.57 g, 1.30 mmol, 92% yield) as solid.

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