3-(tert-butylamino)propanenitrile

Conditions: temp:100.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: A mixture of 7.0 g (23 mmol) of ethyl 4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazole-1-acetate of example 1 and 4.5 g (34.6 mmol) of 3-(t-butylamino)propylamine, conveniently made by LAH reduction of 3-(t-butylamino)propionitrile in THF, was heated at 100° C. for 8 hr. The residue was distributed between water and methylene chloride, and the methylene chloride layer was dried over MgSO4 and stripped. The residue was recrystallized from ether and then cyclohexane to yield 4.5 g of product, mp 94°-96° C. the methylene chloride layer was dried over MgSO4 The residue was recrystallized from ether

Conditions: temp:100.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: A mixture of 7.0 g (23 mmol) of ethyl 4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazole-1-acetate of example 1 and 4.5 g (34.6 mmol) of 3-(t-butylamino)propylamine, conveniently made by LAH reduction of 3-(t-butylamino)propionitrile in THF, was heated at 100° C. for 8 hr. The residue was distributed between water and methylene chloride, and the methylene chloride layer was dried over MgSO4 and stripped. The residue was recrystallized from ether and then cyclohexane to yield 4.5 g of product, mp 94°-96° C. the methylene chloride layer was dried over MgSO4 The residue was recrystallized from ether

Conditions: temp:100.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: A mixture of 7.0 g (23 mmol) of ethyl 4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazole-1-acetate of example 1 and 4.5 g (34.6 mmol) of 3-(t-butylamino)propylamine, conveniently made by LAH reduction of 3-(t-butylamino)propionitrile in THF, was heated at 100° C. for 8 hr. The residue was distributed between water and methylene chloride, and the methylene chloride layer was dried over MgSO4 and stripped. The residue was recrystallized from ether and then cyclohexane to yield 4.5 g of product, mp 94°-96° C. the methylene chloride layer was dried over MgSO4 The residue was recrystallized from ether