View all references was obtained in three steps from commercially available 4,5??dichloropyridazin??6??one.1018. Cho , S??D. , Choi , W??Y. and Yoon , Y??J. 1996. Concurrent alkylation??methoxylation of 4,5??dihalopyridazin??6??ones and synthesis of 5??halo??4??hydroxypyridazin ??6??ones. J. Heterocyclic Chem., 33: 1579 [CrossRef] View all references Notably, the choice of base for the union of 1 and 2 proved to be very important. Strong bases, eg, NaOH, ...