Toluene → HCID 17747836, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

Under argon and with stirring at −10° C., N-(2-acetylphenyl)-5-fluoro-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide (as a solid, 10 g, 36.3 mmol) and isobutylmagnesium chloride (as a 2 M solution in THF, 41.7 ml; 83.55 mmol) are added simultaneously and continuously to 400 ml of toluene over a period of 150 minutes. The mixture is allowed to warm to room temperature, 200 ml of ammonium chloride solution are added, the mixture is extracted three times with in each case 100 ml of ethyl acetate and the organic phases are dried using sodium sulphate and concentrated under reduced pressure. This gives 5-fluoro-N-[2-(1-hydroxy-1,3-dimethylbutyl)phenyl]-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide (14.2 g, purity (GC/MS) 72.8%; 85% of theory) which still contains 14% of starting material.

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