a Department of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, Saga University, Honjyo-machi 1, Saga 840-8502, Japan b Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering (IMCE), Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
Abstract:
N-Methylation at the pyrazole ring by sequential treatment of 5-tributylstannyl-4-trifluoromethylpyrazole with LDA and iodomethane regioselectively provided the title compound in high yield. The addition reaction of 5-lithiated-4-trifluoromethylpyrazole with a wide range of electrophiles allowed easy and high-yielding introduction of substituents on position 5.