Acetic Acid → 3-[1-(4-Aminobenzyl)-2-butyl-4-chloroimidazol-5-yl]propen-1-ol

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A mixture of 0.2 g of 3-[1-(4-nitrobenzyl)-2-butyl-4-chloroimidazol-5-yl]propen-1-ol, 0.15 g of iron and 0.3 mL of glacial acetic acid in 10 mL of absolute ethanol was refluxed for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was concentrated to dryness and the residue was dissolved in 20 mL of water and the solution was made basic to pH 8 by adding K2CO3. The mixture was then extracted with ethyl acetate and the ethyl acetate layer was washed with water. The organic layer was concentrated to give a crude product which was purified by flash silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate elution). A pure product was obtained as an amorphous solid; NMR (200 MHz, CDCl3): δ 6.76 and 6.62 (dd, 4H, J=8.5 Hz); 6.42-6.22 (m, 2H); 2.57 (t, 2H, J=7.3 Hz); 1.65 (m, 2H); 1.33 (m, 2 H); 0.87 (t, 2H, J=7.3 Hz).

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