Aniline → HCID 12832306, compound

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1.5 g of aniline is dissolved in 2.0 g of concentrated sulfuric acid and 30 ml of water and, after the addition of 10 g of ice, diazotized at 0° with a solution of 1.2 g of sodium nitrite in 10 ml of water. The diazonium salt solution is then neutralized with sodium acetate and introduced at 5° under thorough agitation into a solution of 5.02 g of 4,5-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-mercaptoimidazole in 200 ml of dimethylformamide containing 10 ml of water, 1.93 g of sodium hydroxide solution, as well as 1.15 g of powdered copper. The mixture is further stirred for 20 minutes, poured into 600 ml of water, the thus-precipitated oil is taken up in methylene chloride, the organic solution is washed with water, dried over sodium sulfate, and concentrated to dryness under vacuum. The residue is chromatographed on 200 g of silica gel. Elution with acetone/hexane 2:3 yields 2.47 g of 4,5-bis(4 -methoxyphenyl)-2-(phenylthio)imidazole, mp 177°-179° after recrystallization from hexane/ethyl acetate.

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