Phosphorus oxychloride → Methyl 2-(7-chloro-5-methyl-2-phenylpyrazolo[1,5-A]pyrimidin-6-YL)acetate

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To methyl 2-(5-methyl-7-oxo-2-phenyl-4,7-dihydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-6-yl)acetate (3 g, 10.09 mmol) was added POCl3 (25 mL, 268 mmol). The reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 1 h. After cooling, the reaction mixture was added drop-wise to ice-water. A brown solid precipitated. The solid was filtered and washed with water, then dissolved in ethyl acetate. The organic solution was washed with saturated NaHCO3 and dried over sodium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated to give the title compound (2.77 g, 84%). 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 2.58 (3H, s), 3.71 (3 H, s), 4.04 (2 H, s), 7.29 (1 H, s), 7.43-7.58 (3 H, m), 8.07 (2 H, d, J=7.0 Hz).

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