Sodium Hydroxide → 1-(2-fluoroethyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylic acid

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To a solution of ethyl 1-(2-fluoroethyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate (0.2 g) in methanol (5 ml) was added 2M sodium hydroxide (5 ml) and the mixture stirred at 20° C. for 18 h. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue dissolved in water (20 ml) and acidified to pH-4 using 2M hydrochloric acid then extracted with ethyl acetate (20 ml), dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to give the title compound (0.132 g) as a white solid.

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