Shiv P. Singh, Dalip Kumar, Brian G. Jones
Apr 5, 1999
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Journal of Fluorine Chemistry
Abstract
Abstract Reaction of five (3-oxo-4,4,4-trifluorobutanoyl)heterocycles with hydrazine hydrate under mild conditions gave the corresponding 3-heterocyclyl-5-hydroxy-5-trifluoromethyl-4,5-dihydropyrazoles. Thermal elimination of water from the 3-(thien-2-yl), 3-(pyridin-2-yl) and 3-(pyridin-4-yl) compounds readily gave the corresponding pyrazoles but acid catalysis was required to form 3-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-5-trifluoromethylpyrazole and 3-(1-methylbenzimidazol-2-yl)-5-trifluoromethylpyrazole. More forcing conditions were required for the analogous dehydration/aromatisations giving 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1-(4-nitrophenyl)pyrazole and 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1-pentafluorophenylpyrazole.