Sodium ethoxide → HCID 10848647, compound

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A mixture of 4,5-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-1H-imidazole-2-thione (8.0 g, 0.028 mol), sodium ethoxide (1.9 g, 0.028 mol) and 1,2-diiodotetrafluoroethylene (4.9 g, 0.014 mol) in ethanol (100 ml) was refluxed for two hours and then cooled. The yellow precipitate was collected, washed with ethanol and recrystallized from chloroform to give the title compound, m.p. 234°-236°.

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