Tetrazole intermediates to antihypertensive compounds

A tetrazole having the formula:

• ##STR22## wherein R is alkyl of 1-6 carbon atoms, phenyl or cyclohexyl;
• X.sup.2 is H, Cl, Br, I, O-tosyl, OH, O-mesyl, or ##STR23## R.sup.1 is alkyl of 3-10 carbon atoms, alkenyl of 3 to 10 carbon atoms, alkenyl of 3 to 10 carbon atoms, alkynyl of 3 to 10 carbon atoms, and benzyl substituted with up to two groups selected from alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogen, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, nitro and amino;
• R.sup.2 is phenylalkenyl wherein the aliphatic portion is 2 to 4 carbon atoms, -(CH.sub.2).sub.m -imidazoyl-1-yl,-(CH.sub.2).sub.m-1,2,3 -triazolyl optionally substituted with one or two groups selected from CO.sub.2 CH.sub.3 and alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, ##STR24## R.sup.3 is H, F, Cl, Br, I, NO.sub.2, CF.sub.3, or CN;
• R.sup.4 is H, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 6 carbon atoms, phenyl or benzyl;
• R.sup.5 is H, alkyl or perfluoroalkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 6 carbon atoms, phenyl or benzyl;
• R.sup.6 is H, alkyl of 1-5 carbon atoms, OR.sup.9 or NR.sup.10 R.sup.11 ;
• R.sup.7 is H, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 6 carbon atoms, phenyl, benzyl, acyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, phenacyl;
• R.sup.8 is alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms or perfluoroalkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, 1-adamantyl, 1-naphthyl, 1-(1-naphthyl)ethyl, or (CH.sub.2).sub.p C.sub.6 H.sub.5 ;
• R.sup.9 is H, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 6 carbon atoms;
• or phenyl;
• R.sup.10 and R.sup.11 independently are H, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, phenyl, benzyl or taken together to form a ring of the Formula ##STR25## Q is NR.sup.12, O or CH.sub.2 ;
• R.sup.12 is H, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or phenyl;
• m is 1 to 5;
• n is 1 to 10;
• s is 0 to 5;
• p is 0 to 3;
• t is 0 or 1.