Methylhydrazine → HCID 62880533, compound

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Reaction Steps

Ethyl 4,4-difluoroacetoacetate (30.12 g, 0.172 mol) was stirred in toluene (600 mL) over ice water. Solution of N-methylhydrazine (7.6 mL, 0.14 mol) in toluene (200 mL) was added slowly, dropwise over 20 min. The reaction mixture was heated at 100° C. for 2 hours. The reaction mixture evaporated to dryness. The resulting material was triturated with methyl t-butylether/heptane to give 3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one in three batches (total 10.7 g, 51%) as orange powder. This material was used without further purification for the next reaction.

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