Abstract
Alkylation of 1-methyl-2-benzimidazolylacetonitrile by esters of α-halogenocarboxylic acids and chloromethylarenes in dimethylformamide in the presence of potassium carbonate proceeds at the carbon atom of the methylene group.
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Taras Shevchenko Kiev University, Kiev 252601, Ukraine. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii. No. 2, pp. 194–196, February, 1998.
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Volovenko, Y.M. Alkylation of 1-methyl-2-benzimidazolylacetonitrile. Chem Heterocycl Compd 34, 171–173 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02315179
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