Triazoles, bicyclic

Tetrachlorocyclopropene reacts with trimethylsilyl azide to yield a bicyclic triazole (261) which rearranges to 4,5,6-trichloro-l,2,3-triazine (262) (79CB1529. 81cb1546). 

Scheme 1. Synthesis of bicyclic triazole 3a from benzylamine.

The epoxides (styrene oxide) and haloalkyne also participated in this reaction to form 2-substituted triazol-l-yl alcohol regioselectively and bicyclic triazole respectively in high yields (Scheme 30). 

The 3-amino group brings a second nucleophilic center in these structures thus 2-imino-3-amino-4-methyl-4-thia201ine (409) reacts with methyl diloroformate to give the bicyclic compound (410) (Scheme 234). Other thiazolo-s-triazoles of the [3.2-l>] type have been obtained by... 

Occasionally, addition products of 4//-l,2,4-triazole-3,5-diones or diazenedicarboxylic esters and oxepins have been obtained whose formation can be rationalized by an addition to the 2,4-diene system in the oxepin, e.g. formation of 10.190191 In these cases, the primary adduct usually cannot be isolated, because it undergoes a hetero-Cope rearrangement to a tricyclic or bicyclic structure in which the oxepin oxygen has become part of a carbonyl function.190 191,227... 

As shown in Scheme 199, the 5-aminopyrimidine stmcture may be also incorporated into a more complex bicyclic system. Thus, diazotization of 3-amino-4-oxo-4//-pyrimido[ 1,23 lpyndazincs 1198 followed by treatment with 50% aqueous tetrafluoroboric acid results in precipitation of salts 1199. When heated with alcohols, nucleophilic attack on the carbonyl group opens the pyrimidine ring. The obtained species 1200 assume conformation 1201 that is more suitable for bond formation between the opposite charged nitrogen atoms. Alkyl l-(pyridazin-3-yl)-l//-l,2,3-triazole-4-carboxylates 1202 are obtained in 31-66% yield <2002ARK(viii)143>. 

Azido derivatives of furazans have proved to be particularly useful for the synthesis of heterocyclic systems. Thus, by 1,3-dipolar addition of l-azido(4-amino-l,2,5-oxadiazol-3-yl)aldoxime 186 to propargyl alcohol and phenylacetyl-ene, bicyclic 4-amino-l,2,5-oxadiazol-3-yl(4-R-l,2,3-triazol-l-yl)ketoximes 187 were obtained (Equation 34) which in reaction with acetic anhydride afforded the corresponding 0-acyl derivatives <2003RJ0574>. 

The novel mesoionic 1,2,4-thiadiazole 78 was reported to be the unexpected byproduct in the reaction of the triazole 76 with ferric chloride (the bicyclic compound 77 also gave the same result). Besides spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction evidence, a preparative proof for the structure of 78 was also provided <00JHC261>. 

The reaction of phenylazoalkenes 424 with an excess of potassium thiocyanate in acetic acid produces the cycloadducts 425 that undergo further [3+2]-cycloaddition reaction with thiocyanic acid at the azomethine imine function giving rise to the bicyclic product imidazo[l,5-3][triazole]-2,5-dithiones 41 (Equation 87) <1998SL786>. 

Whereas methyl 5-(3-methyl[l,2,4]thiadiazolyl)diazoacetate 56 shows no tendency to cyclize to 7-methoxycarbonyl-3-methyl[l,2,3]triazolo[3,4-A][l,2,4]thiadiazole 57, the 5-(l-diazoalkyl)substituted [l,3,4]thiadiazoles 58 are in equilibrium with the fused bicyclic form, the [l,2,3]triazolo[5,l-A]][l,3,4]thiadiazoles 59 <1988BSB795, 1992JHG713>. The latter ring-closed form 59 prevails in the solid state as indicated by infrared (IR KBr disk). The chain/ring equilibrium of the diazoimine/triazole forms is shifted toward the open-chain diazo form 58 by raising the temperature and by using less polar solvents (Equations 8 and 9). 

A special approach to [l,2,4]triazolo[3,2-c][l,2,4]triazine derivatives is the transformation of 3-diazo[l,2,4]triazoles, easily available by diazotation of aminotriazoles. These compounds already contain the five nitrogen atoms in the correct sequence in order to form the desired bicyclic ring system and, thus, their reaction with proper bifunctional reagents can give rise the cyclized products in one single step. Such transformations are collected in Scheme 50. 

SN NMR spectroscopy is still underexploited in structural analysis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles. It can however be a powerful tool, for instance in tautomerism studies <2002JP2126>. Some 1SN NMR investigations of lanthanide induced shift have been performed on bicycles 50-52, showing that the complexing site of these 4,5-dihydro-l/f-l,2,3-triazoles is located on N-3. 

Only a few reactions of the substituents attached to ring carbon atoms of bicyclic systems 1-34 have been reported. Methylation of compound 100 occurs at sulfur to give 101 (Equation 6) <2005BMC1847>. Horner-Emmons reaction of phosphonate 102 with benzaldehyde leads to triazole 103 as a single /. -stereoisomer (Equation 7) <2004TL1877>. 

Several routes to the pyrrolo[l,2-f][l,2,3]triazole skeleton have been described. Intramolecular dipolar cycloaddition of azido-alkenes or alkynes seems to be the most convenient process, although the cyclization efficiency seems to be highly substrate dependent (Scheme 16) <2002JA2134, 2003T1477, 2005SL2187, 2005TL8639>. The formation of this bicyclic system by an intramolecular Heck reaction is an attractive alternative. The recent syntheses of sulfamides by intramolecular cyclization of alkenes or allenes offer a complementary route to the classical... 

The reaction of 5-amino-4-phenyl-1,2,3-triazole and EMME in refluxing ethanol in the presence of piperidine for 40 hr gave 48% of N-( 1,2,3-triazol-5-yl)aminomethylenemalonate (67) and 1% of 1,2,3-triazolo[l, 5-a]-pyrimidine-6-carboxylate (1121). When the reaction period was 96 hr, 25% of the bicyclic compound (1121) was obtained. The heating of N-(l,2,3-triazol-5-yl)aminomethylenemalonate (67) in boiling ethanol in the presence of piperidine afforded 95% of triazolo[l, 5-a]pyrimidine-6-carbox-ylate (1121) [71JCS(C)2156]. 

Qualitative spot tests for aldehydes, in the presence of ketones, are generally only reliable for water-soluble compounds. This problem can be overcome by the use of 4-amino-3-hydrazino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole (Purpald , Aldrich Chemical Company) in the presence of Aliquat (Scheme 5.27). Under aerial oxidation, the initially formed colourless cyclic adduct changes colour through red to purple. The colourless cyclic aminal can also be formed by ketones, but only the adducts derived from the aldehydes are oxidized to the purple bicyclic aromatic system [28]. Weakly electrophilic aldehydes, e.g., 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, reacts slowly, but will give the positive coloration upon gentle heating to ca. 70°C for one or two minutes. 

Variation of the ring portion of acyclovir has been achieved. Compounds include monocyclic (isocytosine, triazole, imidazole), bicyclic (adenine, 8-azapurine, pyrrolo[2,3-c/]-pyrimidine, pyrazolo[3,4-[Pg.131]

Some related cyclic scaffolds, such as the azepines, were obtained by Ugi-4CR/ RCM combinations (Fig. 5a) [61], and fused benzodiazepine/triazole frameworks were derived from sequential Ugi-4CR/alkyne-azide dipolar cycloaddition (Fig. 5b) [62]. Both are considered as interesting (3-tum mimics. Similarly, bicyclic systems featuring fused DKP rings (Fig. 5c) have been reported to mimic the ten-membered pseudo-cycle of type 1 (3-tums [63, 64]. 

For UV spectra of parent and substituted 1,2,3-triazoles and benzotriazoles, see CHEC-I <84CHEC-1(5)684 >. The UV spectra of benzotriazole, 1-methyl- and 2-methyl-benzotriazole in the gas phase at 90°C have been recorded <94JOC2799>. 1-Alkyltriazolines show two A ax in acetonitrile, 239-242 and 263-266 nm, both with log e w 3.50 <93JOC2097>. The UV spectra of bicyclic triazolines (754) have been recorded <9lJOC4463>. The Si-So electronic absorption spectrum of 1/f-benzotriazole at 286 nm has been studied by computer simulation of the rotational contours. The result shows that the benzotriazole band is an almost pure type-5 band <93JSP(158)399>. 

Reactions of 4,5-disubstituted triazoles with appropriate substrates provide very useful methods for building triazolo fused bicyclic or tricyclic systems. 5-Azido-1,2,3-triazoles bearing an appropriate substituent (e.g., CHO, CN, CO2R) at the 4-position can be transformed with active methylene nitriles into tricyclic heterocycles (e.g., (368)) <86BSB679,87BSB587). A new tricyclic system, 5//-1,2,3-triazolo[5,l-c][l,4]benzodiazepine (e.g., (370) and (371)), is prepared by the intramolecular ring closure of triazoles (369) <89JHC1605). 

The photolysis of the meso-ionic 1,4-diphenyl-l,2,4-triazol-3-one (200, R = R = Ph, R = H) was stated to yield phenyl isocyanate (13%), 7V,iV -diphenylurea (23%), and the bicyclic compound 215 (49%). These results were interpreted in terms of the fragmentation of the photo-intermediate 213 yielding the iV-phenyldiazirine (214). A later publication by the same group reports different results. Photolysis of meso-ionic 1,4-diphenyl-l,2,4-triazol-3-one (200, R = R = Ph, R = H) was stated to yield phenylisocyanate and the bicyclic compound 215. Later studies have shown that the bicyclic compound... 

Destro et al. (201) examined the reactions of several sydnones with triazoles to give pyrazoles, and the stable bicyclic sydnone 302 has been prepared by Storr and co-workers (202). Reaction with DM AD affords the pyrazolothiazole 303. 

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