Ethanol → Ethyl 1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylate

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To 1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylic acid (8.21 g, 73.2 mmol) in EtOH (100 mL) was added concentrated sulfuric acid (21.6 g, 220 mmol). The reaction mixture was heated to 80° C. for 16 hours. The mixture was cooled to ambient temperature and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was diluted with EtOAc (200 mL) and 2N NaOH aqueous solution was added until pH=8. The phases were separated and the organic phase was washed with saturated NaHCO3 aqueous solution (50 mL) and brine (20 mL), dried (Na2SO4), and concentrated to give the product (6.36 g).

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