1-butyl-4-fluorobenzene

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: A mixture of 5 parts of 1-chloro-4,4-bis(p-fluorophenyl-butane 3.8 parts of 5-chloro-1-(4-piperidyl)-2-benzimidazolinone, 1.4 parts of sodium bicarbonate and 80 parts of absolute ethanol is stirred and refluxed for 24 hours. The reaction mixture is evaporated. Water and toluene are added to the residue and the whole is shaken vigorously. The layers are separated and the toluene layer is dried, filtered and evaporated. The oily residue is purified by column-chromatography over silicagel, using a mixture of chloroform and 5% of methanol as eluent. The pure fractions are collected and the eluent is evaporated. The oily residue is triturated in diisopropylether. The solid product is filtered off and crystallized from 4-methyl-2-pentanone, yielding 5-chloro-1{1-[4,4-bis(p-fluorophenyl)butyl]-4-piperidyl}-2-benzimidazolinone; mp. 185.8° C. refluxed for 24 hours The reaction mixture is evaporated Water and toluene are added to the residue the whole is shaken vigorously The layers are separated the toluene layer is dried filtered evaporated The oily residue is purified by column-chromatography over silicagel a mixture of chloroform and 5% of methanol as eluent The pure fractions are collected the eluent is evaporated The oily residue is triturated in diisopropylether The solid product is filtered off crystallized from 4-methyl-2-pentanone