Ethyl Bromide → HCID 178462842, compound

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A 500 ml round bottom flask equipped with an overhead stirrer was charged with 10.00 grams of 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole and 200 ml of acetonitrile. Ethyl bromide, 45 ml, 65.0 grams, was added to the vigorously stirred acetonitrile reaction mixture. The reaction was stirred for 8 days at ambient temperature at which time, thin layer chromatography showed that all of the 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole had been consumed. The resultant solution was then rotary evaporated down to leave a colorless oil which slowly crystallized. Solid material was heated to 60 C. for 5 hours under high vacuum, whereupon it melted and lost the remaining solvent and resolidified. Crystalline 1-ethyl-4-amino-1,2,4-triazolium bromide was recovered in essentially quantitative yield and high purity, 22.94 g, 117 mmoles. Melting point: 63-67° C.; DSC onset: 150° C.

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