Potassium Carbonate → 2-((benzyloxy)methyl)-2H-tetrazole

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To a mixture of tetrazole (1 mmole) and powdered K2CO3 (1.5 mmole) in 1 mL DMF cooled to 0° C. was added benzyl chloromethyl ether (1.2 mmole) and the resulting mixture stirred for 30 min at 0° C. and then for 16 h at rt. The mixture was diluted with water and ether. Extraction and chromatography provided 2-benzyloxymethyltetrazole as a colorless oil.

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