Water → HCID 23445033, compound

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4-Iodo-1-(2-trimethylsilanyl-ethoxymethyl)-1H-imidazole-2-carbaldehyde (4.6 g, 13.1 mmol) was dissolved in ethanol (50 ml) under argon. Sodium borohydride (0.514 g, 13.1 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 45 min. H2O (200 ml) was added. The aqueous layer was extracted 3 times with AcOEt. The combined extracts were dried over Na2SO4, filtered and the solvent was removed in vacuo. The crude residue was taken up in hexane and stirred at rt. Filtration provided [4-iodo-1-(2-trimethylsilanyl-ethoxymethyl)-1H-imidazol-2-yl]-methanol (4.0 g, 87%) as a white solid. MS: m/e=354.0 (M+).

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