Hydrochloric Acid → 3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid

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To 400 ml of a 1N sodium hydroxyde aqueous solution, was added dropwise 67.5 g of a solution (10% molar) of 3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonyl fluoride in tetrahydrothiophene 1,1-dioxide. The temperature was kept below 20° C. during the addition. After 2 hours of stirring at room temperature, the reaction mixture was carefully acidified to pH 2 with concentrated aqueous hydrochloric acid. The resulting white precipitate was filtered, washed with water, and dried to yield 6 g of 5-fluoro-3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid as a white solid.

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