methyl 1-methyl-3-nitro-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate → methyl 3-amino-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate

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In a 250 mL Parr hydrogenation flask was placed methyl 1-methyl-3-nitro-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate, (530 mg, 2.9 mmol) dissolved in ethyl acetate (15 mL) and ethanol (15 mL), to which was added 10% Pd/C (Degussa type) (100 mg). The mixture was placed on the Parr apparatus and pressurized with hydrogen to 50 PSI and shaken for 2.5 hrs. The reaction was filtered through a pad of celite which was washed with ethyl acetate. The solvent was removed under vacuum to give 119a as a white solid (450 mg, 2.9 mmol, quantitative yield).

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