2-Methylimidazole → HCID 70419791, compound

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A mixture of 2-methyl-3-trimethylammoniomethylimidazo[2,1-a]isoquinoline methylsulfate (3 g) and 2-methylimidazole (1.6 g) in ethanol (50 ml) was refluxed with stirring for 4 hours and evaporated in vacuo. To the residue was added water and the resulting precipitates were collected by filtration, dried and recrystallized from ethyl acetate to give 2-methyl-3-(2-methyl-1-imidazolylmethyl)imidazo[2,1-a]isoquinoline (0.85 g).

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