Potassium Carbonate → 4-ethoxycarbonyl-5-methyl-1-(2-nitro-5-fluorophenyl)-1H-imidazole

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A mixture of 2,4-difluoronitrobenzene (36.6 g, 230 mmol), ethyl 4-methyl-5-imidazolecarboxylate (35.6 g, 231 mmol), potassium carbonate (36.5 g, 264.4 mmol) and acetonitrile (250 ml) was stirred at 25° C. for 96 h. The reaction mixture was filtered and the solvent removed under reduced pressure. The residue was submitted to flash chromatography on silica gel 60 eluting with toluene graduated to toluene/ethyl acetate (1:1) to give 30.5 g (65%) of 4-ethoxycarbonyl-5-methyl-1-(2-nitro-5-fluorophenyl)-1H-imidazole.

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