Thionyl Chloride → 2-(2-Chloroethylthio)-1-methylimidazole hydrochloride

HRID 1737578Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1737578 reaction equation
S(Cl)([Cl:3])=O.O[CH2:6][CH2:7][S:8][C:9]1[N:10]([CH3:14])[CH:11]=[CH:12][N:13]=1>ClC(Cl)Cl>[ClH:3].[Cl:3][CH2:6][CH2:7][S:8][C:9]1[N:10]([CH3:14])[CH:11]=[CH:12][N:13]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 24386Thionyl ChlorideHCID 27748452-[(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)thio]ethan-1-ol

Product 1

HCID 226249432-(2-Chloroethylthio)-1-methylimidazole hydrochlorideYield 246.9%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6212ChloroformSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
5 °C

Procedure

Thionyl chloride (1.41 ml, 19 mmol) was slowly added to a solution of 2-(2-hydroxyethylthio)-1-methylimidazole (1.81 g, 11 mmol) in trichloromethane (20 ml) at 5° C. The mixture was stirred for 1 hour at 5° C. and then for 3 hours at ambient temperature. The volatiles were removed by evaporation and the residue azeotroped with toluene to give 2-(2-chloroethylthio)-1-methylimidazole hydrochloride (l.5 g, 77%).

Workup

  1. waitfor 3 hours at ambient temperature
  2. customThe volatiles were removed by evaporation
  3. customthe residue azeotroped with toluene

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-21e583745b23488e9666d53fef7d33b2
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_10
Patent number
US05962458

Reaction notes

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