2-Fluoro-6-methoxybenzonitrile → 2-Methoxy-6-(pyrazol-1-yl)-benzonitrile

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A solution of 0.273 mol of sodium pyrazolide (prepared from equimolar amounts of pyrazole and sodium hydride) in 140 ml of N,N-dimethylethyleneurea is added dropwise at 50° C., under nitrogen, to a solution of 41.2 g (0.273 mol) of 2-methoxy-6-fluorobenzonitrile (preparation: J. Heterocycl. Chem. 25 (1988), 1173) in 50 ml N,N-dimethylethyleneurea and the mixture is stirred at 60° C. for 2h. After the mixture has been cooled and stirred into 4 l of ice water and the precipitated crystals have been filtered off under suction and dried, 37.1 g of the product of melting point 93°-94° C. are obtained.

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