Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 13457163, compound

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Reaction Steps

Sodium hydride (80% dispersion in oil) (7.8 g) was suspended in dry tetrahydrofuran (100 ml). 2-(2,4,5-Trimethylimidazol-1-yl)ethanol (20 g) was added and the suspension sonicated until there was no further gas evolution. Ethyl 4-chloroacetoacetate (21.3 g) in dry tetrahydrofuran (25 ml) was added over 0.75 hours with sonication, and sonication continued for a further 4 hours. The suspension was poured into 2N hydrochloric acid (200 ml) and the tetrahydrofuran removed under vacuum. The aqueous solution was washed with dichloromethane (3×50 ml) and then neutralised with potassium carbonate. The aqueous phase was extracted with dichloromethane (5×100 ml), the combined organic extracts dried over magnesium sulphate and solvent removed under vacuum. The crude product was chromatographed over silica eluting with a mixture of methanol and ethyl acetate (1:3) to yield the title compound as a pale red oil 13.5 g (37%).

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