Hydrochloric Acid → 1-Trityl-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylic acid

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A solution of 1-trityl-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester (1.75 g, 4.60 mmol) in methanol (50 mL) at 25° C. was treated with a 1N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (13.8 mL, 13.8 mmol). The reaction was stirred at 25° C. for 18 h and then heated to 50° C. for 1.5 h. At this time, the reaction was cooled to 25° C. and diluted with water (150 mL). The aqueous layer was brought to pH=1 by treatment with a 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution and then diluted with ethyl acetate (250 mL). The resulting precipitated product was collected by filtration. The filtrate was extracted with ethyl acetate (1×150 mL). The combined organics were then washed with a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution (1×100 mL), dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The two batches of product were combined to afford 1-trityl-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylic acid (1.55 g, 95.1%.) as a white solid: LR-MS for C23H18N2O2 (M+H)+ at m/z=355.

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