Methylhydrazine → 1,5-Dimethyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole

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To a solution 25.0 grams of 1,1,1,-trifluoro-2,4-pentanedione in 150 ml of ethanol (anhydrous, 5% methanol) at 10 C. was added dropwise over 35 minutes a solution 8.3 grams of methyl hydrazine in 25 ml of ethanol. The reaction temperature did not exceed 20 C. After an additional 30 minutes of stirring, the cooling bath was removed and the reaction was allowed to stir for one hour. Then five ml of glacial acetic acid was added and the reaction was refluxed for four hours. The reaction was then concentrated under reduced pressure and 100 ml of toluene was added to help azeotrope the residual acetic acid during a second concentration under reduced pressure. High vacuum was pulled on the sample for one hour at 50 C. to yield 25.3 g of the desired product as an oil.

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