Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(2,4-Dichlorophenoxy)-3,3-dimethyl-4-fluoro-1-(imidazol-1-yl)-2-butanol hydrochloride

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44 g (0.1275 mol) of 1-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-3,3-dimethyl-4-fluoro-1-(imidazol-1-yl)-2-butanone (Example 1) were dissolved in 300 ml of methanol, and 6.3 g of sodium borohydride were added at 0° to 5° C. The mixture was subsequently stirred at room temperature for 15 hours, 60 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid were added dropwise, whilst cooling with ice, the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 10 hours and the solvent was distilled off under a waterpump vacuum. The residue was taken up in 250 ml of methylene chloride, the methylene chloride mixture was stirred into 500 ml of aqueous, saturated sodium bicarbonate solution, the methylene chloride phase was separated off and washed three times with 100 ml of water each time, the organic phase was dried over sodium sulphate and the solvent was distilled off. The oil which remained was taken up in 200 ml of ether, 50 ml of ethereal hydrochloric acid were added and the solvent was distilled off. 28.2 g (58% of theory) of 1-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-3,3-dimethyl-4-fluoro-1-(imidazol-1-yl)-2-butanol hydrochloride of melting point 184°-210° C. were obtained as a diastereomer mixture.

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