Dimethylformamide → Ethyl 2-[2-methyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)-5-vinyl-imidazol-1-yl]acetate

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To a solution of 2-methyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)-5-vinyl-1H-imidazole (911 mg, 5.17 mmol) was added DMF (7 mL) and THF (3 mL), followed by K2CO3 (1.43 g, 10.35 mmol) and ethyl bromo acetate (687 mL, 6.2 mmol). The resulting mixture was then stirred overnight at room temperature. Water (50 mL) was added and the mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×100 mL). The combined EtOAc layers were dried (MgSO4), concentrated in vacuo, and purified by flash chromatography (SiO2, 60% EtOAc/hexanes) to obtain the desired ethyl 2-[2-methyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)-5-vinyl-imidazol-1-yl]acetate (796 mg, 3.03 mmol, 59% yield) as a yellow oil.

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