Triethylamine → 3-{beta-(1-Ethyl-2-phenylimidazole-4-yl)acryloyl}amino-delta-valerolactam

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β-(1-Ethyl-2-phenylimidazole-4-yl)acrylate hydrochloride (5.49 g, 20.3 mmole) was heated with stirring in thionyl chloride (50 ml) for 50 minutes. After excessive thionyl chloride was completely distilled off under reduced pressure, tetrahydrofuran (50 ml) and triethylamine (4.12 g, 40.7 mmole) were added and then 3-amino-δ-valerolactam (2.79 g, 24.4 mmole) was added to the mixture with cooling, followed by stirring at room temperature overnight. A sodium bicarbonate solution was added to the reaction mixture which was extracted with a chlorofolm-methanol mixed solvent. After drying over magnesium sulfate, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The residue was subjected to silica gel flash chromatography to obtain the titled compound (29 g, 62.3%).

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