“…Compound 8 was prepared in three steps and 77% yield from 3,6-dichloropyridazine using an optimized process based on literature procedures. 8,13 5-Methyl-2-nitro-6,7-dihydro-5H-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrazin-4-one (11). 2-Methylaminoethanol (220 g, 2.92 mol), toluene (2.68 L) and 1 (383 g, 2.47 mol) were cooled to 15 °C, then thionyl chloride (498 mL, 6.83 mol) was added over 10 min at ≤25 °C, followed by DMF (18.8 mL).…”