Dimethylformamide → 5-(4-(4-Methoxy-phenyl)-butyl)-2H-tetrazole

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A mixture of 1.80 g (9.56 mmol) 1-hex-5-ynyl-4-methoxy-benzene, 1.86 g (28.6 mmol) sodium azide, 1.53 g (28.6 mmol) ammonium chloride and 80 ml DMF was kept at 125° C. for 7 d with an extra addition of 1.80 g sodium azide and 1.53 g ammonium chloride every day. After cooling to r.t. the dark reaction mixture was distributed between water and ethyl acetate. The organic phase was dried over sodium sulphate and the solvent distilled off. The residue was separated by HPLC on a RP18-endcapped column (methanol/water) (a reversed phase column PUROSPHER® STAR RP-18 endcapped from Merk KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, which is used with methanol/water as eluent) to yield 450 mg 5-(4-(4-Methoxy-phenyl)-butyl)-2H-tetrazole and 500 mg 4-(4-(4-Methoxy-phenyl)-butyl)-1H-[1,2,3]triazole.

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