Methanol → HCID 54077336, compound

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Concentrated sulfuric acid was added to a solution of methanol (9.5 ml) and water (0.5 ml) under ice-cooling, and (4-benzyloxy-1,3-dimethylpyrazol-5-yl)acetonitrile (1.6 g, 6.6 mmol) was added thereto and the resulting mixture was heated for 6 hours under reflux. It was then concentrated in vacuo to remove methanol. The residue was diluted with ethyl acetate, successively washed with water, aqueous sodium bicarbonate, water, and saturated brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was chromatographed over silica gel (eluent; ethyl acetate/n-hexane=1:2) to obtain methyl (4-benzyloxy-1,3-dimethyl-pyrazol-5-yl)acetate (0.6 g, 2.2 mmol, 33%).

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