Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 21075638, compound

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To a suspension of 4-(4-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-phenyl-1H-imidazol-5-yl)-2-(methylsulfonyl)pyrimidine, 76 (0.50 g) in ethanol (20 mL) was added in portions, sodium borohydride (0.28 g). After stirring overnight, hydrochloric acid (20 mL, 0.5 M) is added and the solution is allowed to stir for 30 min, whereupon, the solution is neutralized with saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate and extracted with dichloromethane. The combined organic phases are washed with water and brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated. The residue is then subjected to chromatography, furnishing the title compound, 77 (0.29 g).

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