Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 178505547, compound

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4-Bromo-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-(2-trimethylsilanyl-ethoxymethyl)imidazole (3.4 g; 9 mmol) is dissolved in EtOH (34 ml) and HCl conc. (37%; 34 ml) and heated to 55 C for 1 h. Water is added to the reaction mixture and the aqueous phase extracted three times with ethyl acetate. The combined organic phases are washed with 2N Na2CO3 and saturated NaCl-solution, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and evaporated to dryness to yiled the title compound as colorless crystals (2.1 g, 92%).

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