Ethanol → 1-tert-butyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole

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To a mixture of 5 g of 4-ethoxy-1,1,1-trifluoro-3-butene-2-one, 3 g of sodium acetate and 15 ml of ethanol was added 4.6 g of tert-butylhydrazine hydrochloride, and the mixture was heated to reflux for 2 days. Water was added to the reaction mixture, and the mixture was extracted with diethyl ether three times. The organic layers were combined, washed with an aqueous saturated sodium chloride solution, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain 3.0 g of 1-tert-butyl-3-trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazole of the formula:

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