Ammonium Chloride → Tert-butyl 4-(2H-tetrazol-5-YL)piperidine-1-carboxylate

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A mixture of 2.10 g (10.0 mmol) of 1-(t-butoxycarbonyl)-4-cyanopiperidine (from Step A), 1.95 g (30.0 mmol) of sodium azide and 1.60 g (30.0 mmol) of ammonium chloride in 20 mL of DMF was stirred at 100° C. for 20 h. The mixture was cooled and partitioned between 200 mL of methylene chloride and 200 mL of 1.0 N HCl and the layers were separated. The organic layer was washed with 200 mL of water, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated. Flash chromatography on 50 g of silica gel using 4:1 v/v methylene chloride/ethyl acetate+1% acetic acid, then 2:1 v/v methylene chloride/ethyl acetate+1% acetic acid as the eluent afforded 1.51 g (60%) of the title compound:

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