Sodium Hydroxide → 3-Phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole

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Under N2 atmosphere, 3-dimethylamino-1-phenyl-propan-1-one hydrochloride (37.2 g) was dissolved in warm MeOH (75 mL), and slowly added to a solution of hydrazine hydrate (23 mL) and 50% aqueous NaOH (12 mL) in MeOH (30 mL) stirred at 50° C. The mixture was refluxed for 2 hours and evaporated under reduced pressure. Ice water was added to the residue and after stirring for 5 minutes the formed solid was filtered off. The residue was taken up in Et2O, dried over Na2SO4, and evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure to give 19.7 g of a yellow oil being 80% pure, which was used in subsequent steps without further purification.

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