Potassium Hydroxide → HCID 53721853, compound

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A solution of potassium hydroxide (0.25 g) in methanol (5 ml) was added to a solution of 1,2-dihydro-4(3H)-phenanthrenone (0.5 g) and 5-methyl-1-(triphenylmethyl)-1H-imidazole-4-carboxaldehyde (0.9 g) in methanol (20 ml). The mixture was kept at 23° for 5 days after which time a solid had separated. This was filtered off, washed with ethanol and purified by FCC eluting firstly with hexane/dichloromethane (1:1) and then with dichloromethane to give the title compound (0.86 g), m.p. 145°-148° (decomp.).

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