Sodium Hydroxide → 1-(7-Carboxyheptyl)-4,5-bis-(2-chlorophenyl)imidazole

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4,5-Bis(2-chlorophenyl)-1-(7-ethoxycarbonylheptyl)-imidazole (0.4 g) was reacted with 2N sodium hydroxide in a method similar to Example 10. Work-up and chromatography on silica gel eluted with a dichloromethane:methanol gradient followed by recrystallisation from dichloro-methane and hexane gave 1-(7-carboxyheptyl)-4,5-bis-(2-chlorophenyI)imidazole (0.25 g, 67%) as a white solid, m.p. 145°-6°.

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