Imidazole → 2-(1-Imidazolyl)pyridine N-oxide

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Reaction Conditions

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A 0.76 g portion of imidazole was added to 7 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide and mixed with 0.2 g of 90% lithium hydride under ice-cooling and then the mixture was stirred for 40 minutes. Next, 2.17 g of 2-bromopyridine N-oxide hydrochloride was gradually added thereto, the mixture was stirred at room temperature for about 1 hour and further heated at 80° C. for about 1 hour, and then the solvent was evaporated and the thus obtained mixture was subjected to a silica gel column chromatography and eluted with chloroform-methanol-28% aqueous ammonia (10:0.9:0.1, v/v/v) to obtain 1.21 g of the title compound as light yellow crystals.

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