Ethanol → 1H-Imidazole-4,5-dimethanol, 2-phenyl-

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Twenty nine grams (0.2 mole) of 2-phenylimidazole, 19 g (0.6 mole) of paraformaldehyde, 5.6 g (0.1 mole) of potassium hydroxide and 50 ml of ethanol were heated under reflux for 1.5 hours with stirring, cooled, and post-treated in the same way as in Example 1, to afford somewhat pale brown 2-phenyl-4,5-dihydroxymethyl imidazole as a final product in an amount of 37.8 g (yield 92%).

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