4,4,4-Trifluoro-1-phenyl-1,3-butanedione → Ethyl 5-phenyl-7-(trifluoromethyl)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxylate

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A mixture of 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-phenyl-1,3-butanedione 1 (6.97 g, 32.24 mmol) and ethyl 3-aminopyrazole-4-carboxylate 2 (5.0 g, 32.22 mmol) in AcOH (100 mL) was refluxed for 4 h. The mixture was cooled to room temperature and concentrated and precipitated crystals were collected by filtration to give 8.63 g (79%) of the title compound as yellow crystals. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 200 MHz): 1.47 (3H, t, J=7.0 Hz), 4.47 (2H, q, J=7.0 Hz), 7.54-7.61 (3H, m), 7.80 (1H, s), 8.23-8.28 (2H, m), 8.68 (1H, s).

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