N. Mani, J. A. Jablonowski, T. K. Jones
Oct 19, 2004
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The Journal of organic chemistry
Abstract
Starting from 1-methylimidazole, a concise, scalable, three-step synthesis of the title compound is described. The required 2-chloroimidazole was prepared in very good yield by halogen-metal exchange between the 2-lithio derivative and hexachloroethane.