“…The compound was purified by crystallization from ethanol as colorless crystals with mp 59-61 1 H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ ppm: 0.98, (t, 3H, J = 7.4, Hz, CH 3 ), 1.23 (t, 3H, J = 7.1 Hz, CH 3 ), 2.23-2.36 (m, 2H, CH 2 ), 4.13-4.26 (m, 2H, CH 2 O), 5.49, 5.54 (2d, 1H, J = 6.8 Hz, CH), 7.05 (d, 1H, J = 9.7, H-4), 7.14 (t, 2H, J = 8.9 Hz, H-3 , H-5 ), 7.67 (d, 1H, J = 9.7 Hz, H-5), 7.77 (dd, 2H, J = 8.9, 5.2 Hz, H-2 , H-6 ). 13 Ethyl 2-[6-oxo-3-(4-chlorophenyl)pyridazin-1-yl]butanoate (1c). The compound was purified by crystallization from 2-propanol as colorless crystals with mp 49-51 The acids 2a-c were obtained from alkaline hydrolysis of the corresponding esters by a procedure described in the literature by McMillan and King [44,45].…”