“…Intermediate 39 was synthesized by reaction of 4formylbenzoic acid (190 mg, 1.27 mmol) with 2-(5-fluoro-1Hbenzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)ethan-1-amine (249 mg, 1.39 mmol) using general procedure C, where the ethyl acetate extract was subjected to evaporation and the crude residue was washed further with ethyl acetate to obtain 39 as an off-white solid (271 mg, 69% yield); 1 H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d 6 ) δ 12.44 (bs, 1H), 10.08 (s, 1H), 8.91 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 8.06−7.97 (m, 4H), 7.57−7.39 (m, 1H), 7.30 (ddd, J = 36.5, 9.6, 2.6 Hz, 1H), 7.05−6.91 (m, 1H), 3.73 (q, J = 6.8 Hz, 2H), 3.10 (td, J = 7.3, 3.6 Hz, 2H). (40). Aldehyde 40 was synthesized by reaction of 3-formylbenzoic acid (212 mg, 1.41 mmol) with 2-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)ethan-1amine (250 mg, 1.55 mmol) using general procedure C, where the ethyl acetate extract was subjected to evaporation and the crude residue was washed further with ethyl acetate to obtain 40 as a brown solid (209 mg, 51% yield); 1 H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d 6 ) δ 12.31 (bs, 1H), 10.08 (s, 1H), 8.95 (t, J = 5.6 Hz, 1H), 8.39 (t, J = 1.8 Hz, 1H), 8.16 (dt, J = 7.8, 1.5 Hz, 1H), 8.07 (dt, J = 7.7, 1.3 Hz, 1H), 7.71 (t, J = 7.7 Hz, 1H), 7.61−7.36 (m, 2H), 7.13 (dd, J = 6.2, 3.0 Hz, 2H), 3.75 (q, J = 6.8 Hz, 2H), 3.12 (t, J = 7.3 Hz, 2H).…”