(a) mixing 1.0 to 1.6 moles of alkyl trifluoroacetate per mole of 4-fluoroacetophenone, 1.0 to 1.5 moles of a metal alkoxide per mole of 4-fluoroacetophenone, and a known quantity of 4-fluoroacetophenone to make a mixture; (b) combining the mixture from step (a) with a combination of 415 to 1,245 ml of water per mole of 4-fluoroacetophenone, 1.1 to 2.0 moles of concentrated hydrochloric acid per mole of 4-fluoroacetophenone, 0.8 to 1.2 moles of 4-sulfonamidophenylhydrazine hydrochloride per mole of 4-fluoroacetophenone, and an amount of a suitable solvent so that the total amount of the solvent in the mixture is from 550 to 1,660 ml per mole of 4-fluoroacetophenone; (c) adding to the mixture a seeding amount of crystals of Form I of 4-[5-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)-lH-pyrazol-l-yl]-benzenesulfonamide based on 4-fluoroacetophenone; (d) collecting the Form I crystals
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