Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 178526855, compound

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Reaction Steps

Nitronium tetrafluoroborate (398 mg) was dissolved in nitromethane (5 ml), next 2-chloroimidazole (205 mg) was added, the reaction mixture was stirred at a room temperature for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was neutralized with an aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate, then was turned back to acidic by adding hydrochloric acid, the separated 2-chloro-4-nitroimidazole (137 mg) was collected by filtration. The filtrate was extracted with ethyl acetate-methanol, the solid matter obtained from the organic layer was triturated with diethyl ether, 2-chloro-4-nitroimidazole (103 mg) was obtained. The sum of 240 mg (yield: 81.3%) of 2-chloro-4-nitroimidazole was obtained as colorless solid product. 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) δ(ppm): 8.44 (1H, s), 14.19 (1H, bs).

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