Ethyl Acetoacetate → ethyl 3-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylate

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A mixture of ethyl acetoacetate (8.0 mL, 63 mmol) and dimethylformamide-dimethylacetal (8.3 mL, 63 mmol) is heated to reflux for 1 hour. The reaction mixture is cooled to room temperature and diluted with EtOH (70 mL). Hydrazine hydrate (3.0 mL, 63 mmol) is then added and the reaction is heated at 80° C. for 2 hours. The resultant solution is cooled to room temperature and concentrated in vacuo to afford crude 5-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester which is used without further purification.

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