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Alternatively, the title compound was prepared by an asymmetric synthesis: The known racemic 2-ethyl-2,3-dihydro-2-benzofurancarboxylic acid (II) was resolved by means of (S)-(+)-2-phenylglycinol to furnish the desired (+)-enantiomer (III). After esterification of (III) using MeOH in the presence of SOCl2, the resultant methyl ester (IV) was treated with ammonium hydroxide, yielding amide (V). Subsequent dehydration of amide (V) with P2O5 in refluxing toluene gave nitrile (VI). Treatment of (VI) with EtOH in the presence of a catalytic amount of NaOMe produced an intermediate imidate, which was subsequently treated with ethylenediamine and HCl to generate the title imidazoline.