Potassium Carbonate → Dimethyl 2-bromo-1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylate

Participants

Reaction Steps

At ambient temperature 9.50 g (59.45 mmol) bromine were added dropwise to a solution of 9.90 g (53.76 mmol) dimethyl imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylate in 300 ml dichloromethane and 80 ml acetonitrile. 7.46 g (54.00 mmol) potassium carbonate was added, and the reaction mixture was stirred for 2 hours at ambient temperature. Then the dichloromethane was eliminated using the rotary evaporator and the residue was combined with a saturated solution of sodium chloride and sodium thiosulphate. It was extracted ten times with ethyl acetate, the organic extracts were dried over sodium sulphate and then the solvent was eliminated.

Provenance & Evidence