Facile Synthesis of 1-(4-Bromophenyl)-1 H -Tetrazol-5-Amine and Related Amide Derivatives

An efficient one-pot synthesis of 1-(4-bromophenyl)-1 H-tetrazol-5-amine was performed using 4-bromoaniline as the starting material. A novel and widely applicable amidation procedure was then employed, whereby 1-(4-bromophenyl)-1 H-tetrazol-5-amine was acylated with different acyl chlorides in the presence of lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide as catalyst, for the high-yield synthesis of [1-(4-bromophenyl)-1 H-tetrazol-5-yl]amide derivatives.