Lithium Chloride → [1-(2,6-Dichlorobenzyl)-4-nitro-1H-imidazol-2-yl]methanol

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1200 mg (3.5 mmol) of the compound from Example 33A together with 15 mg (0.35 mmol) of lithium chloride were dissolved in 53 ml 1,2-dimethoxyethane, and 198 mg (5.23 mmol) of sodium borohydride were added at 0° C. The mixture was stirred at RT for 1 h. For work-up, 25 ml of a saturated potassium sodium tartrate solution were added with ice cooling and the mixture was extracted with 50 ml of ethyl acetate. The organic phase was dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by chromatography on silica gel (mobile phase: ethyl acetate/cyclohexane 1:1). This gave 800 mg (76% of theory) of the target compound.

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