Hydrochloric Acid → 1-tert-butoxycarbonylmethyl-1H-pyrazole-3,5-dicarboxylic acid 3-ethyl ester

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According to a related procedure (Lee, H. H.; Cain, B. F.; Denny, W. A.; Buckleton, J. S.; Clark, G. R. J. Org. Chem. 1989, 54, 428-431) a solution of 9.6 g (29.4 mmol) of pyrazole triester (2) in 250 mL of tetrahydrofuran and 50 mL of water was cooled to −10° C. and 30 mL (30 mmol) of a chilled 1M LiOH solution was added dropwise. The reaction mixture was slowly allowed to warm to 0° C., then was stirred at 0° C. for an additional hour. The mixture was then diluted with 600 mL of ethyl acetate and acidified to pH=1 with 1 N HCl solution. The organic extract was washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, and evaporated to a residue which was chromatographed on silica gel (1% methanol in dichloromethane, followed by 90:9:1 dichloromethane:methanol:acetic acid) to give 4.66 g (53%) of desired 1-tert-butoxycarbonylmethyl-1H-pyrazole-3,5-dicarboxylic acid 3-ethyl ester L3), as well as 2.3 g of recovered starting triester (2). 1H NMR of 3 (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.49 (s, 1H), 5.28 (s, 2H), 4.42 (q, J=7.1 Hz), 1.45 (s, 9 H), 1.40 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3H).

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