Malononitrile → 3-amino-5-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonitrile

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First, 4-amino-3-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazole[3,4-d]pyrimidine may be prepared in accordance with procedures described in WO 2008/039218, for instance by converting 4-phenoxybenzoic acid to the corresponding acyl chloride (by using thionyl chloride), which latter product may be reacted with malononitrile to prepare 1,1-dicyano-2-hydroxy-2-(4-phenoxyphenyl)ethene. The methoxy moiety is then methylated using trimethylsilyldiazomethane, and that methylated product is the treated with hydrazine hydrate to provide 3-amino-4-cyano-5-(4-phenoxyphenyl)pyrazole, which is reacted with formamide to provide 4-amino-3-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazole[3,4-d]pyrimidine, as illustrated in the following scheme:

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