Methyl iodide → 6-Bromo-3-methoxy-1-phenyl-1H-indazole

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Into a 100-mL 3-necked round-bottom flask purged and maintained with an inert atmosphere of nitrogen, was placed a solution of 6-bromo-1-phenyl-1,2-dihydroindazol-3-one (5 g, 17.30 mmol, 1.00 equiv) in N,N-dimethylformamide (50 mL), potassium carbonate (3.7 g, 34.91 mmol, 2.00 equiv), CH3I (2.7 g, 19.01 mmol, 1.10 equiv). The resulting solution was stirred for 3 h at 80° C. in an oil bath. The reaction was then quenched by the addition of water (100 mL). The resulting solution was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×150 mL) and the organic layers combined, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under vacuum. The residue was applied onto a silica gel column with ethyl acetate/petroleum ether (1:40) to yield 6-bromo-3-methoxy-1-phenyl-1H-indazole as a yellow solid.

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