(2-Fluorobenzyl)hydrazine → ethyl 5-amino-1-(2-fluorobenzyl)-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylate

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The compound of the formula (II) is obtainable in a multi-stage synthesis from the sodium salts of ethyl cyanopyruvate, which is known from the literature (Borsche and Manteuffel, Liebigs. Ann. Chem. 1934, 512, 97). By reaction thereof with 2-fluorobenzylhydrazine with heating and under a protective gas atmosphere in an inert solvent such as dioxane, ethyl 5-amino-1-(2-fluorobenzyl)pyrazole-3-carboxylate is obtained, which cyclizes by means of reaction with dimethylaminoacrolein in the acidic medium under a protective gas atmosphere and with heating to give the corresponding pyridine derivative. This pyridine derivative, ethyl 1-(2-fluorobenzyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine-3-carboxylate, is converted by means of a multi-stage sequence, consisting of conversion of the ester into the corresponding amide using ammonia, dehydration using a dehydrating agent such as trifluoroacetic anhydride to give the corresponding nitrite derivative, reaction of the nitrile derivative with sodium ethoxide and final reaction with ammonium chloride, into the compound of the formula (II).

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