Ethyl Acetate → 1-Benzothiazol-6-yl-imidazolidin-2-one

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1-Benzothiazol-6-yl-3-(2-chloro-ethyl)-urea (I-84a: 2.7 g, 10.58 mmol) in dry DMF (80 mL) was added dropwise to a stirred mixture of sodium hydride (0.76 g, 31.74 mmol) in THF (100 mL) over a period of 20 minutes at 0° C. under nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The reaction was monitored by TLC (100% ethyl acetate). The reaction mixture was quenched with MeOH (6 mL), concentrated under reduced pressure, followed by the addition of ice. The precipitate was collected and dried under reduced pressure to afford 2.3 g (85.18% yield) of 1-benzothiazol-6-yl-imidazolidin-2-one as the required product.

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