Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 14886842, compound

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A solution of 447 mg (1 mmol) of 5-trimethylsilylethynyl-1-(2,3,5-tri-O-acetyl-β-D-ribofuranosyl) imidazole-4-carbonitrile in a 1N hydrochloric acid-methanol (10 ml: 5 ml) solvent mixture was heated under reflux at 100° C. for 4 hours. After the reaction, the reaction solution was neutralized with 1N sodium hydroxide solution, silica gel powder was added, and the solvent was evaporated. The residue was adsorbed onto a silica gel column (2.7×13 cm), eluted with a 0-8% ethanol-chloroform solvent mixture, and crystallized from water-containing methanol to obtain 112 mg of pale yellow crystals of 5-ethynylimidazole-4-carbonitrile (yield: 95.7%).

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