2,5-Hexanedione → 3-(2,5-Dimethyl-1H-pyrrol-1-yl)-N-methoxy-N-methyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide

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A 250-mL round-bottomed flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer and a Dean-Stark trap was charged with 150b (11.0 g, 1.0 eq., 64.7 mmol), hexane-2,5-dione (11.1 g, 1.5 eq., 97.2 mmol), p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (558 mg, 0.05 eq., 3.24 mmol), and toluene (100 mL). The reaction mixture was refluxed overnight. The resulting mixture was cooled to room temperature and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica-gel column chromatography eluting with 1:2 petroleum ether/ethyl acetate to afford 150c (10.4 g, 65%) as a white solid. MS-ESI: [M+H]+ 249.0

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