Acetic Acid → Ethyl 2-(3-Chloro-2-pyridinyl)-5-oxo-3-pyrazolidinecarboxylate

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To a 1000 mL flask, anhydrous ethanol (300 mL), sodium ethoxide (16.97 g, 0.249 mol) and 3-chloro-2-hydrazinylpyridine (30.47 g, 98%, 0.21 mol) were added. The reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 5 minutes. Diethyl maleate (36.0 g, 0.31 mol) was added dropwise and heated to reflux for 10 minutes. After being cooled to 65° C., the reaction mixture was neutralized with glacial acetic acid (45.36 g, 0.42 mol) and then diluted with 300 mL water. The reaction mixture was cooled down to room temperature, solid is separated to be filtered, washed with 40% aqueous solution of ethanol (3×50 mL) and dried to give ethyl 1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-3-oxopyrazolidine-5-carboxylate (31.03 g) as an orange solid in 52% yield. HPLC area normalization method content is 94% (Analytical condition: chromatographic column: ZORBAX Eclipse XDB-C8 4.6×150 mm 5 μm, mobile phase:the ratio of acetonitrile to water is 70:30).

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