Convenient syntheses of 5-[(2-methyl-5-n
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Javad Mirzaei; Hooshang Pirelahi; Mohsen Amini; Abbas Shafiee
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Article
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2008
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Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry
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English
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## Abstract magnified image Oxidation of metronidazole (**4**) with sodium dichromate yielded the corresponding 2‐(2‐methyl‐5‐nitro‐1__H__‐imidazol‐1‐yl)acetic acid (**5**) which was esterified with 1‐butanol to give butyl 2‐(2‐methyl‐5‐nitro‐1__H__‐imidazol‐1‐yl)acetate (**8**). Reaction of the l