Pyrazole → 1-Pyrazol-1-yl-propan-2-one

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1H-pyrazole (1.0 g, 15 mmol) was dissolved in chloroacetone (3.0 g, 32 mmol) and heated at 90° C. for 10 hr. Purification by silica gel column, elution with 1:1 hexanes:DCM afforded the title compound (700 mg): 1H NMR (400 MHz DMSO) delta 2.05 (s, 3H), 5.09 (s, 2H), 6.29 (t, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.47 (dd, J=0.4, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.67 (dd, J=0.4, 2.0 Hz, 1H).

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