Sodium hydride → HCID 178458913, compound

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Sodium hydride (60% dispersion in mineral oil, 0.24 g) was added to a stirred solution of 2-propoxybenzimidazole (0.71 g) in DMF (10 ml) under ice-cooling. The mixture was stirred for 20 minutes, to which was added N-triphenylmethyl-5-(4'-bromomethylbiphenyl-2-yl)tetrazole (2.3 g), followed by stirring at room temperature for 5 hours. To the reaction mixture was added ice-water, the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water, dried and concentrated to dryness. The concentrate was dissolved in methanol (50 ml), to which was added 1N-HCl (15 ml), followed by stirring at 60° C. for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated, to which were added water (15 ml) and ethyl acetate (15 ml). The mixture was made alkaline with 1N NaOH and shaken. The aqueous layer was adjusted to pH 3-4 with 1N-HCl and then extracted with chloroform. The organic layer was washed with water, dried and concentrated to dryness. The concentrate was purified by column chromatography on silica gel to yield crystals. Recrystallization from ethyl acetate-methanol gave colorless crystals (0.58 g, 35%), m.p. 177°-179° C. (decomp.).

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