Potassium Hydroxide → HCID 23677909, compound

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A mixture of ethyl 1-(4-methoxybenzyl)-1H-tetrazole-5-carboxylate and ethyl 2-(4-methoxybenzyl)-2H-tetrazole-5-carboxylate (11.7 g) (prepared as described below and still containing a little sulpholane) was dissolved in hot ethanol (165 ml) and the solution was treated with a solution of potassium hydroxide (4.5 g) in water (13.5 ml). The mixture was cooled and the white crystalline solid which separated was filtered off to give potassium 2-(4-methoxybenzyl)-2H-tetrazole-5-carboxylate (4.3 g), m.p. 271°-273° C. (with decomposition). [The pure salt, obtained as a hemihydrate after recrystallisation from water, had a melting point of 273°-274° C. (with decomposition)].

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