HCID 178482199, compound → 1-Methylimidazole

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From 41.4 g (0.17 mol) of N4-(2-chloroethyl)-N1,N4-dimethyl-2-nitrobenzene-1,4-diamine (RN 14607-54-6) and from 41.8 g (0.51 mol) of 1-methyl-1H-imidazole (RN 616-47-7) in 100 ml of toluene, 37.8 g of purple crystals of 3-methyl-1-{2-(methyl(4-methylamino-3-nitrophenyl)amino)ethyl}-3H-imidazol-1-ium chloride monohydrate were obtained after recrystallization from refluxing ethanol, which crystals melted at 135° C. (Kofler) and had an elemental analysis, calculated for C14H20N5O2Cl+H2O, of:

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