Potassium Carbonate → (5-(4-chloro-1-methyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-4-fluoro-2-nitrophenyl)thio-acetic acid, ethyl ester

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At 25° C., 1.5 g (4.5 mmole) 4-chloro-3-(2,5-difluoro-4-nitrophenyl)-1-methyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole, 0.69 g (5.0 mmole) K2CO3, 0.55 mL (5.0 mmole) ethyl mercaptoacetate, and 0.05 g (0.5 mmole) CuF2 were slurried in 15 mL 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone. The reaction mixture was stirred 28° C. for 24 hours. The mixture was cooled, diluted with 100 mL cold water, and extracted four times with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate extracts were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous MgSO4, and stripped in vacuo. The residue was purified chromatographically using 10% diethyl ether and 15% methylene chloride in hexane as the eluent to give 0.86 g (43%) of (5-(4-chloro-1-methyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-4-fluoro-2-nitrophenyl)thio-acetic acid, ethyl ester as a yellow solid, mp 79° C.

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