Hydrochloric Acid → 2-[2-Methyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)-5-vinylimidazol-1-yl]pent-4-enoic acid

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To ethyl 2-[2-methyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)-5-vinyl-imidazol-1-yl]pent-4-enoate (127 mg, 0.42 mmol) was added EtOH (2 mL) and 5 N NaOH (0.5 mL), and the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 1 h. 12 N HCl was added slowly at room temperature until the solution reached pH 2, followed by concentration in vacuo to obtain 2-[2-methyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)-5-vinyl-imidazol-1-yl]pent-4-enoic acid (100 mg, crude) which was used as such in the next step without further purification.

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