Triethylamine → 5-amino-1-isopropyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonitrile

A mixture of ethoxymethylenemalonitrile (0.55 g, 4.5 mmol) and iso-propylhydrazine (0.50 g, 4.5 mmol) in ethanol (10 mL) in a 10-20 mL Smith process vial was treated with triethylamine (0.88 mL). The vial was capped and heated in the microwave reactor for one hour at 150° C. Following cooling of the vial, the mixture was concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure. The residue was partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure to provide 5-amino-1-isopropyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonitrile as a slowly solidifying syrup (0.72 g, >100%). MS (ES+): 151.2 (M+H)+