Sodium hydride → 5-tert-butyl-4-chloro-2-methyl-2H-pyrazole-3-carbonyl chloride

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A solution of 4-chloro-3-nitro-6-(2-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-pyridin-2-ylamine (87.5 mg, 0.275 mmol, prepared as described in STEP B above) in THF (10 mL) was treated with NaH (33.1 mg, 0.826 mmol, 60% dispersion in oil), and the mixture was allowed to stir at room temperature for 1 h. Simultaneously, a solution of 5-tert-butyl-4-chloro-2-methyl-2H-pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid (77.6 mg, 0.358 mmol, prepared as described in Example B above) in DCM (10 mL) was treated with oxalyl chloride (31.2 μL, 0.358 mmol), and DMF (2 drops), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 h. Volatile components were removed in vacuo, to yield 5-tert-butyl-4-chloro-2-methyl-2H-pyrazole-3-carbonyl chloride as a solid. The solid was taken up in anhydrous THF (6 mL) and this acid chloride solution was then added to the sodium anilide solution, as prepared above, and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 h. The mixture was quenched with saturated aqueous NH4Cl (50 mL) and extracted twice with EtOAc (40 mL and 25 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried over MgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified on an 8-g SEPRA Si 35 SPE column (Flow rate=10 mL/min; Eluent=EtOAc-hexanes, 1:19 for 15 min, then 1:19 to 1:3 over 40 min) to yield 5-tert-butyl-4-chloro-2-methyl-2H-pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid [4-chloro-3-nitro-6-(2-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-pyridin-2-yl]-amide as a colorless glassy solid. Mass Spectrum (LCMS, ESI pos.): Calculated for C21H18N5O3Cl2F3: 516.2 (M+H); Measured: 516.2.

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