Diketene → HCID 19864538, compound

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To a stirred solution of 2-methyl-1-(4-hydroxybutyl)imidazo[4,5-c]pyridine (0.5 g) in acetone (10 ml) at room temperature was added, dropwise, freshly distilled diketene (0.2 g). The solution was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours and then evaporated to dryness. The residue was chromatographed on silica gel eluting with a methylene chloride-ethyl acetate mixture and the fractions containing the product were evaporated under vacuum to leave the title compound, (0.51 g).

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