Abstract
A practical synthetic route to an important pharmaceutical intermediate 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1H-imidazol-2-amine, via a three-step sequence involving cyclisation, hydrolysis and methylation, is reported. In the process of optimisation, a novel chemical entity was isolated and confirmed to be 2,6-diphenyl-1H-imidazo[1,2-a]imidazole by MS, 1H NMR and 13C NMR. The scale-up experiment was carried out to provide 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1H-imidazol-2-amine in 27.4% total yield.
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