Imidazole → HCID 67609918, compound

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Commercially available 7-dehydrocholesterol (10.6 g, 27.6 mmol) was dissolved in dichloromethane (90 mL), and then imidazole (3.75 g, 55.1 mmol) and chlorotriethylsilane (6.94 mL, 41.3 mmol) were added at room temperature, followed by stirring for 12 hours. A saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution was added to the reaction mixture, followed by extraction with chloroform twice. The organic layer was washed with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure to yield a residue. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography to obtain the title compound (12.0 g, 87%).

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