N-bromobutanimide → HCID 67267353, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To 5.0 g (21 mmol) of ethyl 1-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate in 40 mL of DMF was added 7.3 g (41 mmol) of N-bromosuccinimide and the resulting solution was heated to 75° C. for 75 min. The reaction was cooled to room temperature, diluted with 400 mL of water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined extracts were washed with water and brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and the resulting filtrate was concentrated to an oil. The oil was purified by flash chromatography eluting with a 17-20% ethyl acetate/hexanes gradient mixture to give 1.89 g (29%) of the title compound as a light yellow solid.

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