Journal of the Chemical Society published new progress about 7467-35-8. 7467-35-8 belongs to imidazoles-derivatives, auxiliary class Benzimidazole,Alcohol, name is (1-Methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)methanol, and the molecular formula is C9H10N2O, COA of Formula: C9H10N2O.
Mamalis, P. published the artcileSome benziminazolylalanines, COA of Formula: C9H10N2O, the publication is Journal of the Chemical Society (1950), 1600-3, database is CAplus.
1-(Hydroxymethyl)benzimidazole (16 g.), added to 150 mL. SOCl2 and refluxed 1 h., gives 17 g. 1-(chloromethyl)benzimidazole-HCl (I), m. 173-4° (decomposition). Na (2.3 g.) in 150 mL. EtOH, treated with 11.7 g. AcNHCH(CO2Et)2 and then with 10.8 g. I, boiled 2 h., the residual gum purified by passage of the C6H6 solution through Al2O3, and the yellow gum (10.7 g.) hydrolyzed by boiling 4 h. with 150 mL. concentrated HBr, gives the di-HBr salt, m. 192° (decomposition), of β-(1-benzimidazolyl)alanine, with 1 mol. H2O, m. 196° (decompn); the H2O is not removed on drying in vacuo (hydration seems to be a characteristic of this series of compounds). 5-Methylbenzimidazole (1 g.) in 15 mL. MeOH, treated with 1 mL. 40% HCHO and kept overnight, gives an inseparable mixture of 5- and 6-methyl-1-(hydroxymethyl)benzimidazole, m. 137-40°. 5,6-Dimethyl-1-(hydroxymethyl)benzimidazole m. 195-7° (decomposition); it decompose readily with liberation of HCHO. 2-Methyl- and 2-ethylbenzimidazoles do not form 1-hydroxymethyl derivatives and do not condense with CH2:C(NHAc)CO2H. The appropriate ο-C6H4(NH2)2 (0.1 mol.), heated 2 h. with 0.2 mol. HOCH2CO2H at 140-50°, gives 2-(hydroxymethyl)benzimidazoles: 1-Me, m. 145°, 70%; 4-Me, m. 198°, 75%; 5-Me, m. 202-3°, 70%; 5,6-di-Me derivative, m. 253-4°, 55%. 2-(Chloromethyl)benzimidazole-HCl (II), yellow, m. 229° (decomposition), 80%; 4-Me derivative, m. 251-2° (decomposition), 80%; 5-Me derivative, m. 216° (decomposition); 5,6-di-Me derivative, m. 282° (decomposition), 70%. 2-(Chloromethyl)benzimidazole (12.3 g.) and 16 g. AcNHCH(CO2Et)2 in 150 mL. EtOH containing 1.7 g. Na give a product which, extracted with 300 mL. boiling C6H6, give 1.5 g. Et α-acetamido-2-benzimidazolepropionate (III), m. 214°; the C6H6 extract, chromatographed on Al2O3 and eluted with 500 mL. 1:1 C6H6-AcOEt, gives 65% Et acetamido(2-benzimidazolylmethyl)malonate, m. 162-3°; II gives essentially the same results; hydrolysis of either compound with concentrated HBr gives β-(2-benzimidazolyl)alanine (IV), with 1 mol. H2O, m. 210° (decomposition); HBr salt, m. 237° (decomposition). IV (1.4 g.) in 50 mL. boiling absolute EtOH, treated 1 h. with dry HCl and the residue warmed 1 h. with 20 mL. Ac2O, gives 500 mg. III. 1-Methyl-2-(chloromethyl)benzimidazole (6.9 g.), 8.4 g. AcNHCH(CO2Et)2, and 100 mL. EtOH containing 0.85 g. Na give 9 g. Et acetamido(1-methyl-2-benzimidazolylmethyl)malonate, m. 133-4°; hydrolysis gives β-(1-methyl-2-benzimidazolyl)alanine, with 1 mol. H2O, m. about 216-19° (decomposition). 4-(Chloromethyl)benzimidazole-HCl gives 40% Et α-acetamido-4-methyl-2-benzimidazolepropionate (V), m. 172°, which yields β-(4-methyl-2-benzimidazolyl)alanine (VI), with 1 mol. H2O, m. 210° (decomposition). 5-Methyl-2-(chloromethyl)benzimidazole-HCl gives 50% of the 5-Me isomer of V, m. 209°; hydrolysis gives the 5-Me isomer of VI, with 1 mol. H2O, m. 196° (decomposition) [HBr salt, m. 245° (decomposition); picrate, yellow, m. 208° (decomposition)]. 5,6-Dimethyl-2-(chloromethyl)benzimidazole-HCl gives Et α-acetamido-5,6-dimethyl-2-benzimidazolepropionate, with 1 mol. EtOH, m. 182°; hydrolysis gives β-(5,6-dimethyl-2-benzimidazolyl)alanine, with 2 mols. H2O, m. 210° (decomposition). 5-Hydantoinpropionic acid (4 g.) and 2 g. ο-C6H4(NH2)2 in 20 mL. 4 N HCl, refluxed 1 h., give 5-[2-(2-benzimidazolyl)ethyl]hydantoin, m. 247-8° (decomposition); it could not be converted into the amino acid. 2-O2NC6H4NHCH2CH2OH (6.1 g.), reduced in EtOH over Pd-C and the diamine in 40 mL. 4 N HCl heated 40 min. at 100° with 15 mL. HCO2H, gives 75% 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)benzimidazole (VII), m. 108° (picrate, yellow, m. 205°); 2-Me derivative of VII, m. 148°, 65%; 2-Et derivative, m. 133°, 70%. 4,5,1,2-Me2C6H2(NH2)2 and hippuric acid, fused 15 min. at 170°, give the Bz derivative, m. 233-4°, of 5,6-dimethyl-2-(aminomethyl)benzimidazole-2HCl, m. 266-8°. N-(2-Phthalimidoethyl)-ο-phenylenediamine (3 g.) and 12 mL. 95% HCO2H, refluxed 1 h., give 80% 1-(2-phthalimidoethyl)benzimidazole, m. 211°; 2.5 g. and 25 mL. N2H4.H2O, refluxed 2 h., give 750 mg. 1-(2-aminoethyl)benzimidazole-2HCl, m. 280°. These compounds showed no activity against a variety of organisms (Lactobacillus lactis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Trichomonas vaginatis, and Endamoeba histolytica). IV has low toxicity on i.v. administration to albino mice but proved irritant at the point of injection when administered either i.v. or s.c.; it has little action on the central nervous system.
Journal of the Chemical Society published new progress about 7467-35-8. 7467-35-8 belongs to imidazoles-derivatives, auxiliary class Benzimidazole,Alcohol, name is (1-Methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)methanol, and the molecular formula is C9H10N2O, COA of Formula: C9H10N2O.
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