The condensation of 2',5-dichloro-2-aminobenzophenone (I) with N,N-dimethyl-2-chloroacetoacetamide (II), by means of NaNO2 HCl in water acetone gives N,N-dimethyl-2-chloro-2-[2-(2-chlorobenzoyl)-5-chlorophenylazo]acetoacetamide (III), which by a treatment with aqueous NH3 in ethyl acetate is converted into N,N-dimethyl-2-amino-2-[2-(2-chlorobenzoyl)-5-chlorophenylazo]acetamide (IV). The cyclization of (IV) with phthalylglycylglycyl chloride (V) in THF-HMPT affords 2',5-dichloro-2-[3-dimethylcarbamoyl-5-(phthalylglycylaminomethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]benzophenone (VI), which is finally deprotected by a treatment with hydrazine in refluxing ethanol, and with HCl in the same solvent.