Potassium Carbonate → 5-bromo-2-(5-methyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)benzonitrile

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Potassium carbonate (2.07 g) was added to a DMF (20 mL) solution of 5-bromo-2-fluorobenzonitrile (2.00 g) and 4-methylimidazole (1.23 g) and the reaction solution was agitated at 100° C. for 4.5 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, water and ethyl acetate were added to the residue, and the organic layer was partitioned. The organic layer was washed with a saturated saline solution, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (elution solvent: hexane-ethyl acetate system), and 5-bromo-2-(4-methyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)benzonitrile (962 mg) and 5-bromo-2-(5-methyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)benzonitrile (60 mg) were obtained.

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