(E)-1-(5-chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)-3-(dimethylamino)prop-2-en-1-one → 2-[2-(1-Benzhydryl-azetidin-3-yl)-2H-pyrazol-3-yl]-4-chloro-phenol

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1-(diphenylmethyl)-3-hydrazinoazetidine dihydrochloride (Preparation 690, 1.00 g, 3.06 mmol) was added to an ice cold, stirred suspension of (2E)-1-(5-chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)-3-(dimethylamino)prop-2-en-1-one (Preparation 759, 700 mg, 3.1 mmol) in ethanol (5 ml) and acetic acid (5 ml), stirred at 0° C. for 2 hours then allowed to warm up to room temperature over 2 hours. The solvents were removed in vacuo and the residue partitioned between ethyl acetate (80 ml) and saturated aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate solution (50 ml). The organic layer was separated and dried over sodium sulphate, filtered and the solvents removed in vacuo to give a yellow gum. This was dissolved in warm methyl-t-butyl ether (20 ml) and allowed to crystallize to give the title compound as a pale yellow powder, 541 mg, yield 42%.

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