Chloromethyl Methyl Ether → ethyl 3-tert-butyl-1-{4-[(methoxymethoxy)methyl]benzyl}-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate

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A mixture of ethyl 3-tert-butyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate (3.00 g, 15.3 mmol), [4-(chloromethyl)phenyl]methanol (2.50 g, 16.0 mmol), potassium carbonate (2.11 g, 15.3 mmol) and N,N-dimethylformamide (40 mL) was stirred at 70° C. for 3 hr. Water was added to the reaction mixture, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure to give a yellow oil. To a solution of the obtained oil and N-ethyldiisopropylamine (8.0 mL, 46 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (50 mL) was added chloromethyl methyl ether (4.40 mL, 46.3 mmol) at 0° C., and the mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature. The reaction mixture was concentrated, and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (30% ethyl acetate/hexane) to give the title compound (1.95 g. yield 35%) as a colorless oil.

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