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A mixture of 0.72 g of ethyl 3-(2-chlorophenyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylate, 0.23 g of potassium hydroxide, 1 ml of water and 5 ml of ethanol was stirred at room temperature for 3 days. After the reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, water was poured into the resulting residue and the mixture was washed with methyl tert-butyl ether. The aqueous layer was adjusted to around pH 3 by an addition of a 10% aqueous citric acid, and then extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain 0.61 g of 3-(2-chlorophenyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid of the formula:

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