Methyl iodide → 4-Chlorophenyl 2-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-prop-2-yl ketone

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4'-Chloro-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propiophenone (2 g.) in dry tetrahydrofuran (30 ml) was added to a suspension of sodium hydride (480 mg. of a 60% dispersion in oil) in dry tetrahydrofuran (20 ml) at 0° under a nitrogen atmosphere. After stirring for 10 minutes, methyl iodide (2.28 g.) in dry tetrahydrofuran (10 ml.) was added dropwise and the reaction mixture was then stirred at 0° for 1 hour and then at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was then diluted with water (20 ml), extracted with ether (3×25 ml), and the combined organic extracts were washed with water and dried (MgSO4). The residue obtained after removal of the solvent was flash chromatographed on silica (150 g.) using ethyl acetate/hexane/diethylamine (50:50:3 v/v/v) for elution and the product-containing fractions on evaporation followed by crystallisation of the residue from ethyl acetate/hexane furnished the title compound, (1.68 g., 84% yield), m.p. 118°-9°.

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