Potassium Carbonate → ethyl 1-(4-methoxybenzyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylate

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Reaction Steps

According to Scheme 1 Step 1: K2CO3 (803 mmol, 111 g) followed by 1-(chloromethyl)-4-methoxybenzene (562 mmol, 76.0 mL) were added slowly to a solution of ethyl 1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylate (535 mmol, 75.0 g) in acetonitrile (500 mL) at room temperature. Then the suspension was heated under reflux for 4 hours. At room temperature, the reaction mixture was filtered, was concentrated under reduced pressure and was slurried in petroleum ether to yield ethyl 1-(4-methoxybenzyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylate (530 mmol, 138 g, 99%) as a white solid.

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