Imidazole → HCID 59333299, compound

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A mixture of 1-bromo-5-fluoro-4-nitro-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzene (16.0 g, 0.0556 mol), imidazole (4.0 g, 0.0588 mol) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (10.1 mL, 0.0582 mol) in acetonitrile (160 mL) is stirred under nitrogen for 1.5 hour at 80° C. After concentration of the reaction mixture, the residue is partitioned between water and ethyl acetate. The aqueous phase is extracted with ethyl acetate, the combined organic phases are washed in turn with a saturated solution of ammonium chloride, brine and dried over sodium sulfate. Concentration and purification by cake filtration over silica gel, eluting with a mixture of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane from 2/8 to 1/1 affords the title compound as a yellow solid (16.1 g, 86.2%)

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