“…Scheme 4 depicts the synthetic routes followed to obtain 17a , b and 19a , b , where the function at position 3 was replaced with a methyl group ( 17a , b ), a carboxylic group ( 19b ), or a hydrogen ( 19a ). Treatment of the commercially available o -bromoacetophenone 15 with hydrazine hydrate at high temperature afforded the 3-methylindazole 16 , 37 which was transformed into the final compounds 17a , b , as reported in Scheme 1. Following the same procedure, final product 19a 38 was synthesized.…”