Water → HCID 178500188, compound

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Reaction Steps

Methyl 5-cyanopentanoate (4.8 g, 34 mmol) is dissolved in toluene, triethylammonium chloride (14 g, 102 mmol) and sodium azide (6.63, 102 mmol) is added. The mixture is heated to reflux for overnight. The reaction mixture is cooled to room temperature, water is added to extract (3×100 mL) methyl 5-tetrazol-5-ylpentanoate from the organic. To the aqueous phase, concentrate HCl is added to adjust pH to 2. The product is extracted from the aqueous solution with EtOAc (3×50 mL). The organic is combined, dried and concentrated to yield 4.25 g (68%) of methyl 5-tetrazol-5-ylpentanoate.

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