Hydrochloric Acid → (1H-imidazol-4-yl)methanamine dihydrochloride

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To a solution containing 450 mg of piperidin-1-yl-(1-trityl-1H-imidazol-4-yl-methylene)amine in 3.5 mL of 3N hydrogen chloride in ethyl acetate are added 90 mg of 10% Pd/C, 0.5 mL of THF and 0.9 mL of ethanol. The reaction medium is placed under a hydrogen pressure of 6 bar and heated at 80° C. for 3 hours. After filtering off the catalyst and evaporating off the solvents, the crude product obtained is chromatographed on silica gel (eluent: 6/4 DCM/MeOH). 50 mg of C-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)methylamine dihydrochloride in the form of a white powder are obtained in a yield of 29%.

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