Thionyl Chloride → HCID 22938559, compound

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To 1-butyl-2-hydroxymethylimidazole (3.0 g) was added thionyl chloride (30 ml), and the mixture was heated for 30 minutes under nitrogen atmosphere at 90° C. The mixture was allowed to be at room temperature, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, and the obtained solid was washed with ethyl acetate, to give 1-butyl-2-chloromethylimidazole hydrochloride (3.5 g) as brown crystals.

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