Sodium Hydroxide → 1-[2-[(6-hydroxyhexyl)oxy]-3-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methoxy]-propyl]-1H-imidazole

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A solution of ethyl 6-[2-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-1-[[(4-methoxyphenyl)methoxy]methyl]ethoxy]hexanoate (Example 4; 10 g, 0.025 mol) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (50 ml) was added dropwise to a stirred slurry of lithium aluminium hydride (1.8 g, 0.047 mol) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (20 ml) under a nitrogen atmosphere. When the addition was complete the suspension was heated under reflux for 1 hour. Aqueous sodium hydroxide (2M, 2 ml) was added and the mixture was poured into an aqueous saturated solution of ammonium chloride (1000 ml) and extracted with dichloromethane. The combined extracts were dried (Na2SO4) and the solvent was evaporated off under reduced pressure to give the crude product which was purified by column chromatography (silica gel, ethyl acetate to 10% ethanol in ethyl acetate) to give 1-[2-[(6-hydroxyhexyl)oxy]-3-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methoxy]-propyl]-1H-imidazole as a pale yellow oil.

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