Hydrochloric Acid → 4-Amino-1-ethyl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide

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A mixture of 20 g (0.1 mol) of the above amide in 150 ml of ethanol and 30 ml of water containing 3 ml of conc. HCl is stirred under reflux with 25 g of iron powder for three hours and filtered warm using filter-cell. The filtrate is evaporated in vacuo to yield a pink solid, mp 143°-145° C. (from ethyl acetate-pet. ether) of 4-amino-1-ethyl-3-methylpyrazole-5-carboxamide. The reaction of this aminopyrazole with 18 ml acetic anhydride in 250 ml of methylene dichloride gives 18.5 g of N-(1-ethyl-5-carboxamido 3-methylpyrazol-4-yl)acetamide, mp 248°-250° C.

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