Conditions and reagents: (a)
pyrazole boronic acid pinacol ester, 10 mol % PdCl2(dppf),
K2CO3·1.5H2O, dioxane, reflux,
24 h; (b) AcOH, H2O, 120 °C, 24–48 h or HCl(aq),
dioxane, reflux, 48 h or HCOOH/H2O, DMF, 140 °C, 4
h; (c) sodium dichloroisocyanurate, MeOH, NaOH(aq), r.t., o/n.