Dimethylformamide → 5-methyl-3-(4-methyl-3-nitro-phenyl)-1H-pyrazole

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A solution of 1-(4-methyl-3-nitro-phenyl)-ethanone and (1,1-dimethoxy-ethyl)-dimethyl-amine in DMF was heated at 90° C. for 3 hours, then cooled to room temperature. Solvent was removed under reduced pressure, and the residue was dissolved in a mixture of EtOH (25 ml) and THF (5 ml). The mixture was cooled to 0° C., and hydrazine hydrate (5 ml) at 0° C. was added. The mixture was stirred for 16 hours at room temperature, then concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by “flash chromatography” (0 to 30% EtOAc in hexanes) to give 8.5 g of 5-methyl-3-(4-methyl-3-nitro-phenyl)-1H-pyrazole as a yellowish solid, which was recrystallized from EtOAc to give 8.2 g of yellow powder.

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