Pentanenitrile, 4,4-dimethyl-3-oxo- → 3-tert-butyl-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazol-5-amine

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To a solution of commercially available 3-methoxyphenylhydrazine hydrochloride (1.0 g, 5.7 mmol) in toluene (5 mL) was added commercially available pivaloylacetonitrile (0.70 g, 5.5 mmol). The reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 5 h, filtered and washed with hexane to obtain 3-t-butyl-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazol-5-amine (1.22 g, 89% yield) as its hydrochloride salt as a pale yellow solid which was used without further purification. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.35 (t, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.04 (t, J=2.1 Hz, 1H), 7.00 (dd, J=1.5 and 7.5 Hz, 1H), 6.95 (dd, J=2.1 and 8.4 Hz, 1H), 5.90 (brs, 2H), 5.83 (s, 1H), 3.81 (s, 3H), 1.89 (s, 9H); MS (EI) m/z: 246 (M+H+).

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