Isocyanatocyclopropane → Ethyl [4-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-cyclopropyl-5-methyl-2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazol-1-yl]-acetate

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355 mg (1.32 mmol) of N-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-methyl-2-oxoethyl]-glycine ethyl ester from Example 117A are placed in 5 ml tetrahydrofuran, treated with 109 mg (1.32 mmol) of cyclopropyl isocyanate and stirred overnight at room temperature. The reaction mixture is evaporated and the residue purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (eluent: first dichloromethane, then dichloromethane/methanol 200:1→100:1). 425 mg (91% of theory) of the target compound are thus obtained.

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