Methyl iodide → HCID 15079203, compound

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A mixture of 5-phthalimidomethyltetrazole (5 g; J. Org. Chem., 1959, 24, 1643), bis(tributyltin) oxide (11 ml) and methyl iodide (9 ml) was stirred vigorously at laboratory temperature for 3 days. The mixture was evaporated to dryness and the residue was washed with hexane and then triturated under ethanol. There was thus obtained as a white solid 1-methyl-5-phthalimidomethyltetrazole (3.1 g).

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