Hydrazine hydrate (1:1) → 4-Phenylpyridazine-3,6-diol

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Phenylmaleic anhydride (30 g, 0.17 mol), sodium acetate trihydrate (28 g, 0.21 mol) and hydrazine monohydrate (10 ml, 0.21 mol) were heated together at reflux in 40% acetic acid (600 ml) for 18 h. The mixture was cooled at 7° C. for 2 h, then filtered. The solid was washed with diethyl ether and dried in vacuo to give 11 g (34%) of the title compound: 1H NMR (250 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.16 (1H, br s), 7.44 (5H, m), 7.80 (2H, br s); MS (ES+) m/e 189 [MH+].

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