Sodium hydride → 1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-2-(4-chlorophenoxymethyl)-3,3-dimethylbutene

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15 g of sodium hydride in the form of a 55% dispersion in oil are added under nitrogen to 150 ml of 1,2-dimethoxyethane. Then a solution of 69 g (0.315 mole) of diethyl (1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)methylphosphonate, 68 g (0.3 mole) of 2,2-dimethyl-4-(4-chlorophenoxy)butan-3-one and a trace of 15-crown-5 in 500 ml of dimethoxyethane are added dropwise. The reaction mixture is stirred for about 10 hours and, after the dropwise addition of ice/water, extracted with methylene chloride. The combined extracts are washed with water, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The oily residue is purified by column chromatography over silica gel with a 4:2:2:2 mixture of toluene/cyclohexane/diethyl ether/dichloromethane as eluant, affording the product in the form of a yellow oil.

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