Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(2-Methyl-3-bromophenyl)-1,4-dihydrotetrazol-5-one

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A mixture of aluminium chloride 181.0 g, sodium azide 265.0 g and tetrahydrofuran 30.0 mL was stirred with heating under reflux for two hours. After the reaction mixtures were cooled under ice-cooling, and thereto was added a mixture of the above-mentioned 3-bromo-2-methylbenzoic acid chloride and tetrahydrofuran 200 mL and the resulting mixtures were stirred with heating under reflux for ten hours. After cooling the mixtures, to a mixture of sodium nitrite 407 g and water 1,500 mL was added the reaction mixtures with stirring. The mixtures were acidified with concentrated hydrochloric acid and were then extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layers were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and were then concentrated under reduced pressure to give 1-(2-methyl-3-bromophenyl)-1.4-dihydrotetrazole-5-one.

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