[OH-:1].[Na+].CC(O)(C)CN[C:7]1[C:16]2[C:11](=[CH:12][CH:13]=[CH:14][CH:15]=2)[N:10]2[N:17]=[N:18][N:19]=[C:9]2[C:8]=1[N+:20]([O-:22])=[O:21]>O>[N+:20]([C:8]1[C:9]2[N:10]([N:17]=[N:18][N:19]=2)[C:11]2[C:16]([C:7]=1[OH:1])=[CH:15][CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=2)([O-:22])=[O:21]Aqueous sodium hydroxide (30 g of 50%) was added to a suspension of 2-methyl-[(4-nitro-5-tetrazolo[1,5-a]quinolinyl)amino]-2-propanol (34.0 g, 0.1125 mole, Example 3) in water (500 mL). The mixture was heated on a steam bath and the solid dissolved rapidly. The solution was heated for about 30 minutes and then upon stirring a solid began to precipitate. The mixture was made acidic with 6N hydrochloric acid. The resulting solid was isolated by filtration; washed in succession with water, ethanol and ether; then dried under vacuum at 100° C. to provide 23.2 g of crude product as a pale yellow/green solid. A sample (3.2 g) was recrystallized initially from methanol/dichloromethane and then from toluene to provide 4-nitrotetrazolo[1,5-a]quinolin-5-ol. Analysis: Calculated for C9H5N5O3 : % C, 46.76; % H, 2.18; % N, 30.29; Found: % C, 46.85; % H, 2.23; % N, 29.91.
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