1H-1,2,4-Triazole → alpha-((4-Chlorophenoxy)methyl)-alpha-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol

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A mixture of 30 g of 2-(4-chlorophenoxymethyl)-2-tert.-butyloxirane, 9.8 g of 1,2,4-triazole and 1.2 g of solid potassium hydroxide in 70 ml of toluene and 7.5 ml of dimethyl sulphoxide was heated under reflux for 6 hours. After cooling to room temperature, 2 g of silica gel were added to the reaction mixture and it was then filtered. 75 ml of semi-concentrated hydrochloric acid were added to the filtrate, and the crystals which separated out thereby were filtered off with suction. Then 80 ml of water and aqueous sodium hydroxide solution were added to the crystalline solid so that the pH of the mixture was 13. It was stirred a further 2 hours at room temperature, then filtered off with suction and washed with water to neutrality. In this manner, 20 g (52% of theory) of 2-(4-chlorophenoxymethyl)-3,3-dimethyl-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-2-butanol of melting point 84°-87° C. were obtained.

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