Pyridine → 2-ethoxy-1-(ethoxymethyl)ethyl 2-[(1S)-1-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)ethyl]-1h-imidazole-1-carboxylate

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To a mixture of Example 58 (500 mg, 2.5 mmol) and pyridine (0.44 ml, 5.5 mmol) in anhydrous dichloromethane (5 ml), at 0° C. and under nitrogen, was added phosgene (20% in toluene, 1.44 ml, 2.75 mmol). The mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 20 min, before addition of 1,3-diethoxypropan-2-ol (407 mg, 2.75 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 min and then poured into ice water (10 ml). The mixture was adjusted to pH 7 by addition of solid sodium hydrogen carbonate and the two layers were separated. The aqueous phase was extracted with dichloromethane (2×10 ml) and the combined extracts were dried (MgSO4) and concentrated in vacuo.

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