Potassium Carbonate → 1-Methyl-5-[[7-(3-methyl-5-isoxazolyl)heptyl]thio]-1H-tetrazole

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7-(3-methylisoxazole-5-yl)heptylbromide (520 mg, 0.002 mol) was added to a mixture of 1-methyltetrazole thiol (232 mg, 0.002 mol) and potassium carbonate (276 mg, 0.002 mol) in anhydrous acetone (20 ml) while stirring.The mixture was heated under reflux for 3 hours. After cooling, the mixturewas filtered and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residual oil as dissolved in dichloromethane (50 ml), washed with water (50 ml×2), with 5% aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide (10 ml) and again with water (50 ml×2). The organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate. Removal of the solvent gave a yellow oil (600 mg) which was purified by elution from a silica gel column using methanol-dichloromethane (5:95) as an eluant to give 80% (472 mg) of a colorless oil.

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