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The reduction of 1-(5-phenyl-2H-tetrazol-2-yl)propan-2-one and 1-phenyl-2-(5-phenyl-2H-tetrazol-2-yl)ethanone with sodium tetrahydridoborate gave 1-(5-phenyl-2H-tetrazol-2-yl)propan-1-ol and 1-phenyl-2-(5-phenyl-2H-tetrazol-2-yl)ethanol, respectively. Only 1-(5-phenyl-2H-tetrazol-2-yl)propan-2-one was reduced with baker’s yeast with an appreciable yield. 1-(5-Phenyl-2H-tetrazol-2-yl)propan-2-one and 1-phenyl-2-(5-phenyl-2H-tetrazol-2-yl)ethanone reacted with diethyl phosphonate in the presence of potassium fluoride to produce the corresponding diethyl [hydroxy(5-phenyl-2H-tetrazol-2-yl)alkyl]phosphonates.
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Dedicated to Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences O.N. Chupakhin on his 80th anniversary
Original Russian Text © A.S. Krylov, A.V. Dogadina, R.E. Trifonov, 2014, published in Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, 2014, Vol. 50, No. 6, pp. 907–909.
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Krylov, A.S., Dogadina, A.V. & Trifonov, R.E. 5-phenyl-2H-tetrazol-2-ylmethyl ketones in the synthesis of tetrazolylalkanols and tetrazolyl(hydroxy)alkylphosphonates. Russ J Org Chem 50, 892–894 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1070428014060219
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