Hydrogen Bromide → HCID 178441656, compound

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2-n-Butyl-5-hydroxymethyl-4-{N-[(2-1H-tetrazol-5-yl]biphenyl-4-yl)methyl]amino}pyrimidine hydrochloride, the product of Example 2B, is converted to 2-butyl-5-bromomethyl-4-{N-[(2'-[1H-tetrazol-5-yl]biphenyl-4-yl)methyl]amino}pyrimidine by treatment with hydrogen bromide in acetic acid according to the method of A. Schellenberger and K. Winter in Z. Physiol. Chem., 322, 164 (1960). The bromomethyl intermediate is then converted to the title compound by treatment with sodium methoxide in methanol.

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