4-Methoxybenzyl bromide → 1-(4-Methoxybenzyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonitrile

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At 0° C., 1 g (10.7 mmol) of 1H-pyrazole-4-carbonitrile and 2.4 g (11.8 mmol) of 4-methoxybenzyl bromide were initially charged in 22 ml of THF. 1.3 g (11.8 mmol) of potassium tert-butoxide were added a little at a time, and the reaction was stirred at RT overnight. The precipitated solid was then filtered off, and the mother liquor was freed from the solvent on a rotary evaporator. The residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate and the solution was washed with water and saturated sodium chloride solution, dried over sodium sulphate, filtered and concentrated. This gave 2 g (87% of theory) of the title compound, which was used without further purification for the subsequent step.

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