Toluene → 2-Butyl-4-chloro-1-[[2'-[2-(triphenylmethyl)-2H-tetrazol-5-yl][1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl]methyl]-1H-Imidazole-5-carboxaldehyde

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A mixture of 5-(4'-bromomethyl-1,1'-biphenyl-2-yl)-2triphenylmethyl-2H-tetrazole (0.102 m=63.1 g), 2-n-butyl-4-chloro-1H-imidazole-5-carboxaldehyde (0.113 m=21.1 g) and anhydrous potassium carbonate (0.135 m=18.6 g) in 251 g of N,N-dimethylacetamide was stirred at 0°-5° C. for 8 hours and the temperature of the reaction was raised to 25° C. for an additional 4 hours. Normally the product of this step was not isolated but reduced with sodium borohydride to give 2-n-butyl-4-chloro-1-[(2'-(2-triphenylmethyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl)-1,1'-biphenyl-4-yl)methyl]-1H-imidazole-5-methanol. The title compound can be isolated by extraction into toluene from aqueous N,N-dimethylacetamide, concentration of the toluene solution, and crystallization from ethyl acetate or ethanol, mp 145°-147° C. (dec.).

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