Potassium Carbonate → ethyl 1-(4-methoxybenzyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylate

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To ethyl 1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylate (5.01 g, 35.7 mmol) in DMF (60 mL) was added 1-(chloromethyl)-4-methoxybenzene (6.16 g, 39.3 mmol) and K2CO3 (7.41 g, 53.6 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred for 16 hours and concentrated under reduced pressure to remove DMF. The residue was diluted with EtOAc (100 mL), washed with H2O (30 mL) and brine (20 mL), dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated. Silica gel chromatography (EtOAc/hexanes 1:5) provided the desired product (8.31 g).

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