Thionyl Chloride → 3-(chloromethyl)-1-ethyl-1H-pyrazole hydrochloride

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To (1-ethyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)methanol (4.41 g, 34.96 mmol) in DCM (30 mL) at 0° C. was cautiously added thionyl chloride (15.26 mL, 209.7 mmol). The cold bath was removed and the reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 3 hours. The mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure to give the crude product (5.78 g) which was used directly in the next step.

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