Hydrochloric Acid → 1-Methyl-2-nitro-1H-imidazole-5-methanol

HRID 1075967Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1075967 reaction equation
[CH3:1][N:2]1[C:6]([CH:7]=[O:8])=[CH:5][N:4]=[C:3]1[N+:9]([O-:11])=[O:10].[BH4-].[Na+].Cl>C(O)C>[CH3:1][N:2]1[C:6]([CH2:7][OH:8])=[CH:5][N:4]=[C:3]1[N+:9]([O-:11])=[O:10]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
0 °C

Procedure

To a solution of 1.55 g. of 1-methyl-2-nitro-5-imidazolecarboxaldehyde in 200 ml. of ethanol, a solution of 1.9 g. of NaBH4 in 150 ml. of ethanol is added at about -4° C. After stirring for 15 minutes at 0° C., the excess of NaBH4 is decomposed with 10% hydrochloric acid and the reaction mixture is filtered. the residue, which is obtained by evaporation of the filtrate, is crystallized from acetone and yield 1 g. of the title product which melts at 142°-144° C.

Workup

  1. filtrationthe reaction mixture is filtered
  2. customthe residue, which is obtained by evaporation of the filtrate
  3. customis crystallized from acetone and yield 1 g

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2ee062bf2eb644f78f5f014167135e51
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1976_05
Patent number
US03954789

Reaction notes

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