Sodium Carbonate → 5-(4-chlorobutyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile

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A modification of the method described in Part E of Examples 1-4 was used to treat 5-(4-hydroxybutyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxamide (42.9 g, 218 mmol) with phosphorous oxychloride (130 mL). The reaction was heated for two hours at 90° C. before cooling to 0° C. and pouring into ice water. The mixture was adjusted to pH 12 with the addition of 2 N aqueous sodium carbonate and 50% aqueous sodium hydroxide. The mixture was extracted with chloroform. The combined extracts were passed through a layer of silica gel (eluting first with chloroform and then with ethyl acetate to provide 23.0 g of 5-(4-chlorobutyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile as a dark oil that was used in the next step without further purification.

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