Process for the isolation and purification of ester functionalized imidazole intermediates by selective hydrolysis

摘要

A method for isolating and purifying an ester functionalized imidazole compound, useful as an angiotensin (II) antagonist or as a key intermediate therefor, from a mixture of it with its regioisomer in a solvent, by treatment with an alkali metal hydroxide to achieve the regioselective hydrolysis of the undesired regioisomeric ester.