Process for preparing imidazole derivative
AssigneeSumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
InventorsToshiya Takahashi, Yasunobu Miyamoto, Masahiko Mizuno, Norihiko Hirata
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Abstract
An imidazole derivative of the general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, aryl, acyl or aralkyl group, X and Y are each an oxygen or sulfur atom, and Z is a substituted alkyl group is prepared by reducing a thienoimidazole carboxylic acid of the general formula (2): ##STR2## in an alcoholic solvent using a palladium catalyst, adding an adsorbent and an ion exchange resin, chelate resin or polymeric flocculating agent to the reaction mixture, and removing the spent catalyst from the reaction mixture.
Claims12
A process of preparing an imidazole derivative of the formula (1):
- ##STR6## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a phenyl or napthyl group which may optionally have at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1-6 carbon atoms and a halogen atom, an alkylcarbonyl group having 2 to 9 carbon atoms;
- or a phenylalkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, X and Y are the same or different and each represents an oxygen or sulfur atom, and Z is an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms which may optionally have at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms and an alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 9 carbon atoms, comprising the steps of:
- catalytically reducing an imidazole derivative of the formula (2):
- ##STR7## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, X, Y and Z are the same as defined above in a solvent selected from the group consisting of an alcohol and mixtures of an alcohol and water using a palladium catalyst,
- adding an adsorbent and at least one material selected from the group consisting of ion exchange resins, chelate resins and polymeric flocculating agents to the reaction mixture obtained in the above step, and
- removing the spent catalyst from the reaction mixture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.