Sodium Iodide → 4-(2,6-Dimethylbenzylamino)-2-methylbenzimidazole

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4-amino-2-methylbenzimidazole (6.0 g, 0.041 mol) was dissolved in acetonitrile (120 ml). To the solution were added 2,6-dimethylbenzylchloride (6.3 g, 0.041 mol), sodium carbonate (16 g, 0.15 mol) and a cat. amount of sodium iodide and the reaction mixture was refluxed for 3 h. The sodium carbonate was removed by filtration and was washed with methylene chloride. Vacuum evaporation of the solvent gave an oily residue which was subjected to flash chromatography on silica gel, methylene chloride: methanol (10:1). The residue was crystallized by treating with ethyl acetate to obtain 3.3 g ( 30%) of the title compound.

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