Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 178420815, compound

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Reaction Steps

8.14 g (41.9 mmol) of 1-methoxymethyl-2-(5-tetrazolylmethyl)-imidazole are refluxed in a mixture of 85 ml glacial acetic acid, 8.5 ml of water and 8.5 ml of conc. hydrochloric acid for 24 hours. The mixture is then concentrated in vacuo and the residue rapidly dried to a far extent in a high vacuum over potassium hydroxide and conc. sulphuric acid. The acid addition salt obtained is decomposed with the stoichiometric quantity of sodium ethoxide in an ethanolic solution. After removal of the sodium chloride precipitated, the solvent is distilled off and the residue recrystallised from methanol at boiling heat with the addition of a little ether.

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