Two syntheses of 7-trifluoromethylpyrazolo [1, 5-a] pyridine dicarboxylate have been described. Approach A utilizes a nucleophilic addition of a trifluoromethyl group to Np- toluenesulfonyliminopyridinium ylide followed by aromatization and subsequent cycloaddition with diethyl acetylenedicarboxylate to give 1b in modest yield. Approach B involves a selective zincation of pyrazolopyridine dicarboxylate at the C7 position with ( ...
[Fructos, Manuel R.; Trofimenko, Swiatoslaw; Mar Diaz-Requejo; Perez, Pedro J. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006 , vol. 128, # 36 p. 11784 - 11791]