Handy, Scott T. published the artcileThe 2-Position of Imidazolium Ionic Liquids: Substitution and Exchange, Synthetic Route of 45533-87-7, the publication is Journal of Organic Chemistry (2005), 70(5), 1915-1918, database is CAplus and MEDLINE.
The 2-position of imidazolium cations is known to be relatively acidic, leading to the useful Arduengo-type carbenes. At the same time, the acidity of this site can lead to undesired side reactions when using imidazolium-based ionic liquids as solvents. In this note, we describe the surprisingly facile deuterium exchange at this position and also the synthesis and exchange under modestly basic conditions (triethylamine) of a series of 2-methyl-substituted compounds
Journal of Organic Chemistry published new progress about 45533-87-7. 45533-87-7 belongs to imidazoles-derivatives, auxiliary class Imidazole,Alcohol,Imidazole, name is (2-Methyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)methanol, and the molecular formula is C5H8N2O, Synthetic Route of 45533-87-7.
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