Formaldehyde → 1H-Imidazole-5-methanol, 2-butyl-1-[(2-chlorophenyl)methyl]-

HRID 1636423Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1636423 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([C:5]1[N:6]([CH2:10][C:11]2[CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=[CH:13][C:12]=2[Cl:17])[CH:7]=[CH:8][N:9]=1)[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4].C=O.[C:20]([O-])(=[O:22])C.[Na+]>C(O)(=O)C>[CH2:1]([C:5]1[N:6]([CH2:10][C:11]2[CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=[CH:13][C:12]=2[Cl:17])[C:7]([CH2:20][OH:22])=[CH:8][N:9]=1)[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 712FormaldehydeHCID 517045Sodium AcetateHCID 103773571H-Imidazole, 2-butyl-1-[(2-chlorophenyl)methyl]-

Product 1

HCID 100164181H-Imidazole-5-methanol, 2-butyl-1-[(2-chlorophenyl)methyl]-Yield 41.1%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 176Acetic AcidSolvent

Procedure

A mixture of 2-n-butyl-1-(2-chlorophenyl)methyl-1H-imidazole (95.5 g, 0.384 mol), 37% formaldehyde (500 mL), sodium acetate (80 g) and acetic acid (60 mL) was heated to reflux for 40 hours under argon. The reaction was concentrated in vacuo, and the resiue was stirred with 500 mL of 20% sodium hydroxide solution for 4 hours, diluted with water and extracted with methylene chlordie. The extract was washed, dried, and concentrated. The crude product (117 g) was flash chromatographed over 600 g of silica gel with a gradient of ethyl acetate to 10% of methanol in ethyl acetate to give 8.3 g of starting material, 24.5 g of a mixture of starting material and product, and 44 g (41%) of 2-n-butyl-1-(2-chlorophenyl)methyl-5-hydroxymethyl-1H-imidazole; mp 86-88° C. (from ethyl acetate). Further elution provided the bis (4,5-hydroxymethyl) derivative; mp 138-140° C. (from ethyl acetate).

Workup

  1. temperaturewas heated
  2. temperatureto reflux for 40 hours under argon
  3. concentrationThe reaction was concentrated in vacuo
  4. additiondiluted with water
  5. extractionextracted with methylene chlordie
  6. washThe extract was washed
  7. customdried
  8. concentrationconcentrated
  9. customchromatographed over 600 g of silica gel with a gradient of ethyl acetate to 10% of methanol in ethyl acetate

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2d1689e83f2c47da8fcf45774eef91fd
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2000_03
Patent number
US06034114

Reaction notes

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