Dimethyl Disulfide → HCID 22259330, compound

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Reaction Steps

Dimethyl disulfide (8.94 ml) and tributylphosphine (24.7 ml) were added to a solution of [1-[4-(4-tert-butoxyphenyl)butyl]-1H-imidazol-2-yl]methanol (10.0 g) in pyridine (13.4 ml) at room temperature, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 17 hr. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, successively washed with 1N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (3 times) and saturated brine and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to give crude 1-[4-(4-tert-butoxyphenyl)butyl]-2-[(methylthio)methyl]-1H-imidazole. 4N Hydrochloric acid (33 ml) was added to the product, and the mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 2 hr. After cooling, the reaction mixture was combined with water and ethyl acetate and separated. The water layer was adjusted to pH 6 by adding 30% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution to salt out and extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with saturated brine and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure, and the residue was washed with diisopropyl ether to give the titled compound (7.31 g) as a colorless crystal powder.

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