Ammonium Chloride → HCID 178478082, compound

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A mixture of 5-(4-cyanobutyl)-imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine (4.0 g), sodium azide (1.88 g), ammonium chloride (1.57 g) and lithium chloride (10 mole %) in 14 ml of dry dimethylformamide is heated at 125° for 17 hours. The reaction mixture is cooled, filtered and evaporated to a residual oil which is redissolved in 50 ml of water and extracted with ethyl acetate (50 ml). The aqueous phase is adjusted to pH=2 and extracted with ethyl acetate and then adjusted to pH=5. The resulting solid is collected by filtration and converted to its hydrochloride salt which is recrystallized from acetone/methanol to yield 5-[4-(5-tetrazolyl)butyl]-imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine monohydrochloride, m.p. 159°-161°.

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