Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 178435402, compound

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A mixture of (1-oxo-2-ethyl-6,7-dichloro-5-indanyloxy)acetonitrile (7.5 g., 0.0265 mole), sodium azide (2.02 g., 0.031 mole) and ammonium chloride (1.68 g., 0.0031 mole) in dimethylformamide (40 ml.) is heated on a steam bath for one hours and poured into dilute aqueous hydrochloric acid affording 7.3 g. (85%) of 5-(1-oxo-2-ethyl-6,7-dichloro-5-indanyloxymethyl)tetrazole which melts at 205°-206° C. after recrystallization from nitromethane.

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