Sodium Hydroxide → 5-Methyl-3-(3-trifluoromethylphenyloxy)pyrazole

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Reaction Steps

Concentrated hydrochloric acid (3 ml) and water (6 ml) were added to 3-(4-amino-3-trifluoromethylphenyloxy)-5-methylpyrazole, and the mixture was cooled to 0° C. Then, a solution of sodium nitrite (0.54 g, 7.8 mmol) in concentrated hydrochloric acid (2 ml) and water (2 ml) was dropwise added, and the mixture was stirred at an ambient temperature for 1 hour. Then, hypophosphorous acid (2.57 g, 38.9 mmol) was added, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was poured into 1N sodium hydroxide (50 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (50 ml×2). An organic layer was washed with water (50 ml×2), dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and filtered to remove a desiccant, and the solvent was distilled off from the filtrate under reduced pressure. The resultant crude product was purified with a silica gel column (ethyl acetate/hexane=1/4), to give a yellow viscous substance of 5-methyl-3-(3-trifluoromethylphenyloxy)pyrazole (1.47 g, yield: 78.0%). 1H-NMR (CDCl3, TMS, ppm): δ 2.2.3 (s, 3H), 5.63 (s, 1H), 7.27˜7.46 (m, 4H), 10.91 (br s, 1H).

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