Ethers, aryl tetrazolyl

Aryl tetrazolyl ethers (519) are reduced by palladium on charcoal to give the arene and the tetrazolinone (520) (77AHC(2D323) this reaction is used for the removal of phenolic functionality. 

Quaternary ammonium salts aid the transfer of the hypophosphite anion in the palladium-catalysed reduction of, for example, alkynes to alkenes, nitroarenes to aminoarenes, and in the hydrogenolysis of tetrazolyl aryl ethers to phenols [12-14], It has been demonstrated that the hydrogenolysis is ineffective when preformed tetra-n-butylammonium hypophosphite is employed in a dry homogenous organic solvent [13, 14], For optimum hydrogen transfer, the concentration of hypophosphite relative to the substrate must be controlled at a low level and this is most effectively accomplished with a two-phase system. 

Leukotriene antagonist Tetrazolyl-2-quinolinyl methoxy aryl ethers 90JMC1186... 

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