Dimethylformamide → N-Methoxy-N-methyl-5-ethyl-1-methylpyrazole-3-carboxamide

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5-Ethyl-1-methylpyrazole-3-carboxylic acid (2.5 g) in dichloromethane (50 ml) was treated with DMF (0.12 ml) and cooled under argon in an ice-bath. The solution was treated with oxalyl chloride (2.2 g) in dichloromethane (25 ml) in a dropwise fashion. After complete addition the reaction mixture was maintained at 0° C. for 25 min. and then allowed to warm to room temperature. The solution was evaporated and the residue re-dissolved in toluene (100 ml) and concentrated again. The crude acid chloride was taken up in dichloromethane (50 ml), and treated with N,O-dimethylhydroxylamine hydrochloride (1.72 g), cooled in an ice-bath and pyridine (2.86 ml) added. The reaction mixture was allowed to stir at room temperature for 2 h. The reaction mixture was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulphate and concentrated to an oil. The product was purified by ‘flash’ silica gel chromatography to give the title compound as a yellow oil, (2.995 g, 94%); (Found: M+, 197.1167. C9H15N3O2 requires M, 197.1164); nmax (CH2Cl2) 1640, 1484 and 1374 cm−1; dH(CDCl3) 1.28 (3H, t, J7.5 Hz), 2.62 (2H, q, J7.5 Hz), 3.43 (3H, s), 3.76 (3H, s), 3.83 (3H, s) and 6.72 (1H, s).

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