Ammonium Hydroxide → 1-ethyl-5-(2-methanesulfonylethyl)-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile

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A modification of the method described in Part E of Examples 1-4 was used to treat 1-ethyl-5-(2-methanesulfonylethyl)-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxamide (3.46 g, 14.1 mmol) with phosphorous oxychloride (10 mL). The reaction was heated for 2.5 hours. After the addition of ammonium hydroxide (35 mL of 28%) a precipitate formed. The mixture was stirred for 30 minutes, and the precipitate was isolated by filtration and washed with water to provide 3.1 g of 1-ethyl-5-(2-methanesulfonylethyl)-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile as a white powder.

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