Imidazole → HCID 15388671, compound

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1,2-Difluorobenzene (25 mL, 254.0 mmol), imidazole (15.6 g, 228.6 mmol), and potassium carbonate (70.2 g, 508.0 mmol) were suspended in dimethyl sulfoxide (15 mL). The reaction mixture was heated at 110° C. for 72 hours. The reaction mixture was then partitioned between ethyl acetate and was water and washed several times with a saturated aqueous solution of ammonium chloride to remove a small amount of di-imidazole material. The organic layer was then dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated to dryness to yield 1-(2-fluorophenyl)imidazole (430 mg, 1%) that was used without further purification. ESI-MS m/z calc. 162.1. found 163.3 (M+1)+. Retention time 0.26 minutes (3 min run). 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) δ 8.04 (s, 1H), 7.69-7.62 (m, 1H), 7.57 (s, 1H), 7.54-7.45 (m, 2H), 7.41-7.33 (m, 1H), 7.13 (s, 1H).

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