Process for preparing 5-hydroxyalkyl-substituted 1-phenyl-1,2,4-triazole derivatives The present application relates to a novel and improved process for preparing 5- (hydroxyalkyl)-1-pheny1-1,2,4-triazole derivatives of the formula (I) HO OHO,,F / N—N N R IAIF 1B d ilk R CI (I) 5 in which RIA and RIB are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl, monofluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, ethyl, methoxy, difluoromethoxy and trifluoromethoxy, to novel precursors for preparation thereof, and to the preparation and use of the crystalline 10 polymorph I of (5-(4-chloropheny1)-24(1-(3-chloropheny1)-5-[(1 S)- 1-hydroxyethy1]-1H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -yl}methyl)-4-[(28)-3,3,3 -trifluoro-2-hydroxypropy1]-2,4-dihydro-3 H- 1,2,4 - triazol-3 -one of the formula (I-A-1). No suitable figure
