Water → HCID 57687717, compound

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Ethyl 1-(4-nitrophenyl)-2-[(4-nitrophenyl)thio]-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylate (3.00 g) was suspended in ethanol (120 mL), iron powder (4.05 g), anhydrous calcium chloride (0.81 g) and water (20 mL) were added, and the mixture was heated under reflux for 4 hr. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool, and filtered. Saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution was added to the obtained filtrate, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. Methanol (30 mL) was added to the residue and the resulting crystals were collected by filtration to give the title compound as pale-yellow crystals (yield 2.00 g, 78%).

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