Hydrochloric Acid → 5-(Benzoxazol-2-yl)-2-methyl-1-(2-carboxy-n-propyl)benzimidazole

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5-(Benzoxazol-2-yl)-2-methyl-1-(2-tert-butoxycarbonyl-n-propyl)benzimidazole (see Working Example 121-2) (0.4 g, 1.0 mmol) and THF/water=2:1 (40 mL) were charged, and lithium hydroxide (0.043 g, 1.0 mmol) was added at room temperature, and this was heated and stirred for 5 hours. After being kept cool, the liquid was brought to approximately pH 5 with dilute hydrochloric acid (1 M), the crystals obtained were filtered off and washed with distilled water, and then were dried with heating under reduced pressure to yield the title compound (0.29 g, 83% yield) as white crystals.

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