Process for preparing 4-methyl-5[(2-aminoethyl)thiomethyl)]-imidazole

US4242517A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Toni Dockner
• Anton Frank · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Uwe Kempe · Schifferstadt, DE
• Matthias Wetzler · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Helmut Karn · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 8, 1979
• Grant date: Dec 30, 1980
• Expiry date: Aug 8, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C10L1/328
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

1-Hydroxymethylimidazoles which are unsubstituted or alkyl-substituted in the 2-position, their manufacture and their use as chemical intermediates, e.g. for other imidazole derivatives or for the drug cimetidine.