Ethyl Acetate → 4,4-Dimethyl-1-(6-(phenylethynyl)pyridazin-3-yl)pyrrolidin-2-one

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To a solution of 3-chloro-6-(phenylethynyl)pyridazine (CAS 77778-15-5) (180 mg, 839 μmol) and 4,4-dimethylpyrrolidin-2-one (CAS 66899-02-3) (142 mg, 1.26 mmol, 1.5 equiv.) in 2 ml of DMF were added cesium carbonate (546 mg, 1.68 mmol, 2 equiv.). The suspension was heated 16 hours at 120° C. and then allowed to cool to room temperature. Ethyl acetate (10 ml) were added and the unsoluble salts were filtered off. After concentration in vacuo, the residue was dissolved in 10 ml of ethyl acetate. Silicagel (4 g) were added and the suspension was evaporated to dryness. The silicagel with the adsorbed crude mixture was loaded onto a 20 g silicagel flash chromatography column and eluted three min. with heptane followed by a heptane to 45% ethyl acetate/heptane gradient over 25 min to yield 36 mg (15% yield) of the title compound as a crystalline yellow solid, MS: m/e=292.3 (M+H+).

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