Water → 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-4,4-dimethyl-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-3-pentanone

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7.5 g (0.25 mol) of sodium hydride (80% strength suspension in oil) are slowly introduced, at 10° C., into a solution of 50.1 g (0.3 mol) of 2,2-dimethyl-4-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-butan-3-one in 150 ml of absolute N,N-dimethylformamide, and the mixture is stirred at 20° C. until the evolution of gas has ended. A solution of 62 g (0.3 mol) of 4-chlorobenzyl bromide in 50 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide is then added dropwise, while stirring. After 5 hours, the reaction mixture is stirred into 900 ml of water, and the solid product which separates out is filtered off and recrystallized from 175 ml of ethanol. 55.6 g (76.3% of theory) of 5-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2-dimethyl-4-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-pentan-3-one are obtained in the form of colorless crystals of melting point 124° C.

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