Water → 2-methyl-4-(4-isopropylphenyl)-1-(2H)-phthalazinone

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Methyl hydrazine (8.05 g, 0.175 mol) was added to a mixture of 2-(4-isopropylbenzoyl)benzoic acid (40.2 g, 0.15 mol) in toluene (350 mL) and the mixture was heated to reflux for 3 hours with the removal of water with a Dean Stark trap. The reaction mixture was hot filtered through celite, the filtrate was concentrated to 125 mL and the filtrate was diluted with hexane (100 mL) and cooled. A solid was collected by filtration to afford 27.97 g (67%) of 2-methyl-4-(4-isopropylphenyl)-1-(2H)-phthalazinone, m.p. 107°-107.5° C.

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