Potassium Hydroxide → 4,5,6,7-Tetrahydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-2-amine

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8.19 g (146 mmole) potassium hydroxide, dissolved in 122 ml water and 122 ml ethanol, was added to 19.19 g (292 mmole) hydroxylamine hydrochloride in 200 ml ethanol. The mixture was stirred for 15 minutes, 12.5 g (58 mmole) 2-(2,5-dimethyl-1-pyrrolyl)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine added and heated for 30 hours under reflux. After removal of the ethanol the mixture was treated with ethyl acetate, filtered from solid material and the aqueous phase saturated with sodium chloride and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase was with washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated. The crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate/methanol.

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