Ammonium Chloride → N-((2-(2H-tetrazol-5-yl)benzofuran-6-yl)methyl)-3-bromo-4-(trifluoromethoxy)aniline

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6-(((3-bromo-4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl)amino)methyl)benzofuran-2-carbonitrile (651 mg, 1.58 mmol), sodium azide (0.12 g, 1.90 mmol) and ammonium chloride (0.10 g, 1.90 mmol) were dissolved in DMF (15.84 ml). The mixture was stirred at RT for 18 hr. After 18 hr the r×n was not complete and the reaction was heated to 50° C. for 2 hr. The reaction was cooled to RT and diluted with water (pH˜1). The crude material was extracted from the diluted aqueous pH=1 layer three times with a 10% MeOH/90% EtOAc mixture. The combined organic layers were washed 5× with pH=1 water to remove DMF and sodium azide, they were then washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude mixture was purified on basic HPLC (ammonium hydroxide modifier) 15-40% MeCN/Water to give N-((2-(2H-tetrazol-5-yl)benzofuran-6-yl)methyl)-3-bromo-4-(trifluoromethoxy)aniline (413 mg). LCMS retention time=1.35 minutes (LC method 1); MS (m+1)=454.2. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 4.39 (d, J=5.8 Hz, 2H), 6.66 (dd, J=9.0, 2.8 Hz, 1H), 6.83 (t, J=5.9 Hz, 1H), 6.93 (d, J=2.7 Hz, 1H), 7.08 (d, J=0.9 Hz, 1H), 7.17 (dd, J=9.2, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 7.25 (dd, J=8.0, 1.3 Hz, 1H), 7.54-7.64 (m, 2H).

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