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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1989
Natsuo Sawa, Tadotsu, JP;
Takeshi Masuda, Marugame, JP;
Shozo Miura, Mino, JP;
Naoki Kano, Marugame, JP;
Kazuo Kamagata, Hatoyama, JP;
Masayuki Ito, Sakado, JP;
Shikoku Chemicals Corporation, Kagawa, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a process for the preparation of a 1-benzylimidazole compound represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.2 represents a lower alkyl group or phenyl group, and R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, which comprises heating and to react a 1-unsubstituted imidazole compound represented by the following general formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 are as defined above, with benzyl alcohol in the presence of a carboxylic acid, a carboxylic anhydride, a benzyl ester thereof or a lower alkyl ester thereof, and neutralizing the reaction product with an alkali.