Hydrochloric Acid → (+)-6-[(4-chlorophenyl)hydrazinomethyl]-1-methyl-1H-benzotriazole monohydrochloride

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To a suspension of 10 g of intermediate 1-b in 60 ml of tetrahydrofuran under a nitrogen atmosphere were added dropwise over 15 minutes 26 ml of a borane tetrahydrofuran complex in tetrahydrofuran (1M). After stirring for 15 minutes at ±22° C. there were added 13 ml of hydrochloric acid (6N). The whole was heated to reflux and refluxed for 1.5 hours. The mixture was cooled to room temperature and 50 ml of water were added. After stirring for 1 hour, the reaction mixture was filtered. The filtrate was mixed with 75 ml of methylbenzene. The layers were separated and the aqueous layer was basified (pH 7.5-8) with NH4OH. The product was extracted with dichloromethane and the extract was dried, filtered and evaporated. The residue was converted into the hydrochloride salt in 2-propanol by adding 3 ml of a mixture of hydrochloric acid in 2-propanol (4.8N). After stirring for 2 hours the product was filtered off, washed with 2-propanol and dried in vacuo at 50° C., yielding 2.1 g of (±)-6-[(4-chlorophenyl)hydrazinomethyl]-1-methyl-1H-benzotriazole monohydrochloride (interm. 2-e).

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