Ethyl Acetate → Ethyl 2-ethoxymethyl-4-(1-hydroxy-1-methylethyl)-1-{4-[2-(trityltetrazol-5-yl)phenyl]phenyl}methylimidazole-5-carboxylate

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217 mg of potassium t-butoxide were added, whilst ice-cooling, to a solution of 450 mg of ethyl 2-ethoxymethyl-4-(1-hydroxy-1-methylethyl)imidazole-5-carboxylate [prepared as described in Preparation 44(iii)] in 5 ml of N,N-dimethylacetamide, and the mixture was stirred for 30 minutes. At the end of this time, a solution of 1.47 g of 4-[2-(trityltetrazol-5-yl)phenyl]benzyl bromide in 10 ml of N,N-dimethylacetamide was added dropwise to the mixture. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours, after which it was mixed with ethyl acetate and water and shaken. The ethyl acetate layer was separated and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed by distillation under reduced pressure, and the resulting residue was purified by column chromatography through silica gel, using a 1:1 by volume mixture of hexane and ethyl acetate as the eluent, to give 1.2 g of the title compound as an amorphous powder.

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