O-Benzylhydroxylamine → N-(Benzyloxy)-3-methyl-4-oxo-3,4-dihydroimidazo[5,1-d][1,2,3,5]tetrazine-8-carboxamide

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O-benzylhydroxylamine (195 μL, 1.68 mmol, 2 eq.) was added to a solution of crude 3-methyl-4-oxo-3,4-dihydroimidazo[5,1-d][1,2,3,5]tetrazine-8-carbonyl chloride (200 mg, 0.84 mmol; see Arrowsmith et al., J. Med. Chem., 2002, Vol. 45, No. 25, p. 5458) in THF (6 mL) and a precipitate formed instantly. The resulting suspension was stirred for 1 hour and 30 minutes and was then poured into ice. The suspension was diluted with water and the precipitate was filtered and washed successively with water, ethyl acetate and diethyl ether to give 158 mg of the pure title compound as an off-white solid (63% yield). δH (DMSO-d6): 11.9 (1H, s), 8.85 (1H, s), 7.42-7.50 (2H, m), 7.36-7.42 (3H, m), 4.96 (2H, s), 3.88 (3H, s).

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