Acetonitrile → HCID 21768519, compound

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An acetonitrile (8.0 mL) mixture of ethyl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate (15) (0.50 g. 3.2 mmol), benzyl bromide (0.48 mL, 4.0 mmol), and K2CO3 (0.90 g, 6.5 mmol) was stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was diluted with water (50 mL) and extracted with dichloromethane. The combined organic layers were washed with brine and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After removal of solvent under reduced pressure, the residue was purified by flash column chromatography [silica gel, eluting with mixtures of ethyl acetate and hexanes (0% ramped to 15% EtOAc/hexanes)] to yield 0.30 g of ethyl-1-benzyl-3-methylpyrazole-5-carboxylate (16). 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 7.30-7.22 (m, 5H), 6.65 (s, 1H), 5.71 (s, 2H), 4.28 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 2.32 (s, 3H), 1.32 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3H); LCMS: purity: 99%; MS (m/z): 345 (MH+).

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