Pyridine → HCID 66958438, compound

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To a mixture of 5-[2-(1,3-dioxo-1,3-dihydro-2H-isoindol-2-yl)ethyl]-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxamide (10.5 g, 35.2 mmol) and pyridine (5.69 mL, 70.4 mmol) in dichloromethane (200 mL) at 0° C. was added trifluoroacetic anhydride (5.47 mL, 38.7 mmol) over two minutes. The solution was stirred at 0° C. for about 20 minutes, then was allowed to warm to ambient temperature. After 2 hours, more pyridine (2.8 mL) and trifluoroacetic anhydride (1.5 mL) were added. The reaction was quenched by adding 2 M sodium carbonate (200 mL). The mixture was extracted with chloroform. The organic layers were combined, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure to a volume of about 50 mL. A white solid was present. Heptane (150 mL) was added, and the mixture was concentrated to a volume of about 25 mL, then hexanes were added and the solid was collected by filtration. The white solid was washed with hexanes and dried to provide 8.50 g of 5-[2-(1,3-dioxo-1,3-dihydro-2H-isoindol-2-yl)ethyl]-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile that contained a small amount of an impurity.

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