Cyanogen Bromide → 4-[(5-Amino-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)methyl]phenol

Solid BrCN 6.059 g (57.2 mmol) was added in one portion into ice-cooled slurry of (4-hydroxy-phenyl)-acetic acid hydrazide 8.642 g (52.0 mmol) and KHCO3 6.510 g (65 mmol) in MeOH (100 mL). The mixture was stirred at 0-5° C. for 1 hour, the ice bath allowed to melt and stirred at room temperature overnight (18 hr). The reaction mixture was diluted with water (100 mL), stirred for 1 hour, the precipitate was collected by filtration, washed with water and dried on high vacuum. A second fraction precipitated after concentrating and cooling the supernatants.