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1.76 Grams (13.2 mmol) of the N-chlorosuccinimide was added little by little to a solution consisting of 2.06 g (13.2 mmol) of an ethyl-4,5-bis(hydroxymethyl) imidazole, 100 ml of ethanol and 40 ml of 1,4-dioxane maintained at room temperature with stirring over a period of about 11 minutes. The mixture was then stirred at the same temperature for three hours and for another 30 minutes at a temperature of 50° C. After the reaction, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure and the resulting yellowish oily product was subjected to the column chromatography (silica gel-acetone), and the obtained effluent was evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure. By using acetonitrile, the resulting solid product was recrystallized three times to obtain a colorless crystalline 2-ethyl-4-chloro-5-(hydroxymethyl) imidazole in an amount of 0.82 g (yield, 39.0%). The TLC and spectra of this compound were the same as the properties exhibited by the above-mentioned 2-ethyl-4-chloro-5-(hydroxymethyl) imidazole.

1. stirringThe mixture was then stirred at the same temperature for three hours and for another 30 minutes at a temperature of 50° C
2. customAfter the reaction
3. distillationthe solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure
4. customthe obtained effluent was evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure
5. customthe resulting solid product was recrystallized three times