nitrile hydrolysis to amides, as well as dipolar cycloaddition to tetrazoles when eluted on
azide anion exchanged resin. … Ratios of amide to tetrazole products in reactions of 3[Cl]
and 4[Br] may depend on steric interactions between cyanoalkyl substituent and the
imidazolium ring, where both substrates feature a short CH2 spacer between the
imidazolium ring and the CN group favorable towards formation of amide products in both …