Imidazole → 2-[(4-Bromophenyl)methyl]-1-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-3,3-dimethylbutan-1-one

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To 30 ml of acetonitrile were added 0.75 g of imidazole and 1.2 g of triethylamine, and 3.0 g of α-(p-bromobenzyl)-tert-butyl-acetic acid chloride was then added dropwise at room temperature. Thereafter, the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 6 hours, poured into 300 ml of water and extracted with 300 ml of chloroform. The extract was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The oily product obtained was recrystallized from diisopropyl ether to obtain 2.39 g of N-[α-(p-bromobenzyl)-tert-butylacetyl]imidazole (compound No. 4). m.p. 101°-102° C.

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