Ethyl Acetate → alpha-((4-Chlorophenoxy)methyl)-alpha-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol

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72.15 g (0.3 mole) of 2-(4-chlorophenoxy-methyl)-2-tert.-butyl-oxirane and 24.15 g (0.35 mole) of 1,2,4-triazole were heated under reflux in 120 ml of ethanol for 48 hours. The mixture was then concentrated, the residue was taken up in 200 ml ethyl acetate and the mixture was heated. It was then cooled in an ice-bath and the solid was filtered off and rinsed with ethyl acetate. The filtrate was concentrated, the residue was dissolved in ether/hexane and the solution was gassed with hydrogen chloride. The precipitate was filtered off and rinsed with ether, and the free base was obtained by adding ethyl acetate/1N sodium hydroxide solution. 60.2 g (65% of theory) of 2-(4-chlorophenoxy-methyl)-3,3-dimethyl-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-butan-2-ol of melting point 84°-87° C. were obtained.

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