Sodium hydride → tert-Butyl 2-[4-(2-butyl-4-chloro-5-formyl-imidazol-1-yl-methyl)phenyl]-2-cyclopentylacetate

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1.6 g (0.053 mol) of sodium hydride (80% strength) are suspended in 50 ml of DMF under protective gas, 10 g (0.053 mol) of 2-butyl-5-formyl-4-chloroimidazole (preparation according to EP 324,377) in 100 ml of DMF are added dropwise at 0° C., the mixture is then stirred at 0° C. for 15 min and 18.9 g (0.053 mol) of tert-butyl 2-(4-bromomethylphenyl-2-cyclopentylacetate in 100 ml of DMF are added dropwise. The mixture is stirred at 0° C. for 2 h, the solvent is evaporated, the residue is taken up in diethyl ether and filtered and, after concentration, chromatographed on silica gel 60 using dichloromethane.

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