Sodium hydride → HCID 178510934, compound

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Reaction Steps

A 3.84 g. portion of 2-phenyl-2-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)acetonitrile was reacted with 1.42 g. of 50% sodium hydride and 2.25 g. of 4-chloromethylimidazole hydrochloride in 50 ml. of dimethylformamide, as described in Example 1. The mixture was stirred for 2 hours at 60° C., and for 20 hours at ambient temperature. The reaction mixture was then worked up as described in Example 1 to obtain 3.6 g. of the desired product as the free base, a sample of which was analyzed as follows.

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