Triethylamine → HCID 21075864, compound

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To a solution of 3-chloro-5-[3-fluoro-2-(2-methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl)phenyl]-pyridine 1-oxide (1.835 g, 5.983 mmol) and triethylamine (1.816 g, 17.95 mmol) in 10 mL DMF was added trimethylsilyl cyanide (1.781 g, 17.95 mmol). The reaction mixture was heated to 80° C. for 3 hours (added another 0.592 g, 2.98 mmol TMS-CN at this point and let stir another hour), then cooled to room temperature and partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organic extract was washed with water and brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated under vacuum to provide crude 3-chloro-5-[3-fluoro-2-(2-methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl)phenyl]-pyridine-2-carbonitrile that gave proton NMR spectra consistent with theory and a mass ion (ES+) of 315.14 for M+H+. The 1H NMR also shows that the isomeric 5-chloro-3-[3-fluoro-2-(2-methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl)phenyl]pyridine-2-carbonitrile was present in about 20%. This would be separated out in a later step.

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