Sodium Azide → 5-(3'-Fluoro-4'-methyl-biphenyl-2-yl)-1H-tetrazole

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2.26 g (10.7 mmol) of the compound from Example IV are boiled under reflux with 3.48 g (53.6 mmol) of sodium azide and 7.37 g (53.6 mmol) of triethylammonium chloride in 30 ml of analytical grade dimethylformamide for 24 hours. After cooling, the mixture is partitioned between ether and 1M sulphuric acid, the organic phase is washed with water and dried over sodium sulphate and the solvent is evaporated off. The crude product is extracted by stirring in toluene and, after filtration with suction, the product is dried in vacuo (1.89 g, 7.2 mmol). The mother liquor is evaporated on a rotary evaporator and the residue is purified again as above (0.43 g, 1.7 mmol).

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