Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 22916367, compound

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Reaction Steps

1-(10-Ethoxycarbonyldecyl)-2,4,5-triphenylimidazole (1.3 g) was reacted with 2N sodium hydroxide in a method similar to Example 10 to give, after column chromatography on silica gel eluted with a dichloro-methane:methanol gradient and recrystallisation from ethyl acetate/hexane, 1-(10-carboxydecyl)-2,4,5-triphenylimidazole (0.25 g, 19.2%) as a cream solid, m.p. 76°-78°; Found: C, 79.68%; H, 7.56%; N, 5.78%; C32H36N2O2 requires: C, 79.96%; H, 7.55; N, 5.83%.

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