Methanol → HCID 21911993, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

1.73 g (8.84 mmol) tosylmethylisocyanide were solved in 10 ml DME and cooled down to −60° C. At this temperature first 1.98 g potassium tert-butoxide was added then slowly a solution of 2.00 g (8.84 mmol) 1-(2-trimethylsilanyl-ethoxymethyl)-1H-imidazole-2-carbaldehyde in 5 ml DME. After 2 hours stirring at −60° C. the reaction was allowed to reach 0° C. and 5 ml methanol (123.60 mmol) was added to the solution. The reaction was stirred for further 24 hours at ambient temperature and for 2 hours at 40° C. Excess water was added and the solution was extracted 3 times with dichloromethane. The organic phase was dried over Na2SO4, after evaporation of the solvent under reduced pressure the raw material was purified by reverse phase column chromatography (water 0.1% TFA/acetonitrile=80/20 to yield 0.87 g (0.367 mol) of the SEM-protected imidazole-acetonitrile.

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