Diethyl Malonate → HCID 178516615, compound

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To 1H-pyrazol-3-amine (12.3 g, 148.0 mmol) in EtOH (50 mL) was added diethyl malonate (25.0 mL, 164.7 mmol), 21 wt % NaOEt in EtOH (110 mL, 294.6 mmol) and additional EtOH (50 mL). The resulting mixture was then heated at 80° C. under an atmosphere of argon for 16 hours, at which time the reaction was allowed to cool to room temperature. The reaction mixture was then concentrated in vacuo until almost dry, before H2O (500 mL) was added. Vigorous stirring aided the dissolving of solids, at which time conc. HCl was added until pH˜2 was attained (solid precipitate formed). The precipitate was collected and dried by vacuum filtration giving pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-5,7-diol as a tan solid (17.13 g, 113.4 mmol, 77%).

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