5-Aminotetrazole monohydrate is a useful reagent in condensation reactions to form pyrimidines.
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Applications
5-Aminotetrazole monohydrate is a useful reagent in condensation reactions to form pyrimidines.
Solubility
Soluble in water, ethanol (1.36%).
Notes
Store away from strong oxidizing agents, strong acids, acid chlorides, acid anhydrides.
RUO – Research Use Only
Thomas M. Klapötke and Jörg Stierstorfer. Nitration Products of 5-Amino-1H-tetrazole and Methyl-5-amino-1H-tetrazoles - Structures and Properties of Promising Energetic Materials. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 2007, 90 (11), 2132-2150.
Anton Hammerl; Michael A. Hiskey; Gerhard Holl; Thomas M. Klapötke; Kurt Polborn; Jörg Stierstorfer; and Jan J. Weigand. Azidoformamidinium and Guanidinium 5,5‘-Azotetrazolate Salts. Chem. Mater. 2005, 17 (14), 3784-3793.
Aldehydes can be converted to isonitriles via imine formation, catalytic reduction and hypobromite oxidation of the tetrazole ring: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 15, 113 (1976): Org. Synth. Coll., 7, 27 (1990):