Benzyl Chloride → 1-Benzyl-2-phenyl-4-chloro-5-formylimidazole

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In 150 ml of dimethylformamide, there were stirred 206.5 g of 2-phenyl-4-chloro-5-formylimidazole, 133 g of benzyl chloride and 103.5 g of anhydrous potassium carbonate at 110°-120° C. for an hour. The reaction mixture was poured in ice-water and the resulting precipitate was recovered by filtration and recrystallized from acetonitrile twice. By the above procedure was obtained 143 g of 1-benzyl-2-phenyl-4-chloro-5-formylimidazole as colorless needles, m.p. 117°-118° C.

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