Water → N-[2-(isopropoxymethyl)phenyl]-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-carboxamide

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156.0 mg (3.9 mmol) of 60% sodium hydride in oil are added to a solution of 897.8 mg (3.0 mmol) N-[2-(hydroxymethyl)phenyl]-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide (IV-1) in 2 ml dimethyl formamide at room temperature. After 30 minutes, 0.6 ml (6.0 mmol) 2-iodopropane are added. The reaction mixture is stirred for 6 hours at 100° C. and thereafter for 16 hours at room temperature. Afterward, the mixture is diluted with 1 ml methanol, added to water and extracted with ethyl acetate; the organic phase is dried over magnesium sulfate, the drying agent filtered off and the material concentrated under vacuum. Column chromatography (3:1 cyclohexane/ethyl acetate) yielded 100.0 mg (9.7% of the theoretical yield) of N-[2-(isopropoxymethyl)phenyl]-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-carboxamide [logP (pH 2.3)=2.85].

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