Sodium hydride → 2-Chloro-1-[[2-(trimethylsilanyl)ethoxy]methyl]-benzimidazole

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To a 25 mL vial which contained a suspension of NaH (140 mg, 60% in mineral oil, 3.5 mmol) in anhydrous DMF (10 mL) was added 2-chloro-1H-benzoimidazole (460 mg, 3 mmol) at 0° C. The reaction mixture which resulted was allowed to warm to rt and stir at rt for 30 min then was cooled to 0° C. and (2-Chloromethoxy-ethyl) trimethyl-silane was added to this mixture at 0° C. After warming to rt, the mixture was allowed to stir at rt for 16 h. and then was poured onto 100 mL ice-water solution. This solution was extracted with EtOAc (3×30 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with water (2×30 mL) and brine (20 mL). and dried over anhy. Na2SO4. The solvent was removed in vacuo to obtain the crude product, which was purified by silica gel flash chromatography to afford the title product (660 mg, 80%); 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3); δ 0.03 (s, 9H), 0.89-0.97 (m, 2H), 3.56-3.64 (m, 2H), 5.57 (s, 2H), 7.26-7.35 (m, 2H), 7.45-7.48 (m, 1H), 7.69-7.72 (m, 1H).

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