Imidazole → 1-(3-chloropropyl)-1H-imidazole

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Reaction Steps

Anhydrous THF (25 mL) was cooled in an ice bath. After NaH (1.40 g, 35 mmol, 60%) was added to the THF in one portion, the mixture was stirred at rt for 30 min and cooled in an ice bath. Then a solution of 1H-imidazole (2.00 g, 30 mmol) in anhydrous THF (6 mL) was added dropwise. The reaction mixture was then warmed to rt and stirred at rt for 1.5 h. To the mixture was added 1-bromo-3-chloropropane (4.60 g, 30 mmol) dropwise, and stirred at rt overnight. To the resulting mixture was added MeOH (5 mL) in one portion. The resulting mixture was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by a silica gel column chromatography (DCM/MeOH (V/V)=30:1) to give the title compound as pale yellow oil (3.10 g, 73%).

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