Ammonium Hydroxide → 4-(1-Ethyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)phenol

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To a stirred mixture of 10 parts of Raney-nickel catalyst and 96 parts of ethanol are added successively 9 parts of ammonium hydroxide and 9 parts of 4-(1-ethyl-2-mercapto-1H-imidazol-4-yl)phenol. Stirring is continued for 2 hours at reflux temperature. The reaction mixture is filtered and the filtrate is evaporated. The precipitated product is filtered off, washed with a small amount of a mixture of 2,2'-oxybispropane and ethanol, and dried, yielding 6.7 parts of 4-(1-ethyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)phenol.

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