Diazo compounds pyrazoles

Pyrrole and indole diazonium salts are acidic and lose a proton even in dilute acid to yield the diazo compound. Pyrazole diazonium salts, on the other hand, are only feebly acidic and the diazo compound is liberated only in quite strong alkali. In many cases the difficulty in obtaining the heterocyclic diazo compound has mainly centered round the preparation of the preceding amino compound. Nitration... 

Pyrazoles are formed when the diazo compounds react with alkynes or with functionalized alkenes, viz. the enols of /3-diketones. Pyrazolenines (353 Section 4.04.2.2.1) are isolated from disubstituted diazomethanes. Many pyrazoles, difficult to obtain by other methods, have been prepared by this procedure, for example 3-cyanopyrazole (616) is obtained from cyanoacetylene and diazomethane (7iJCS(C)2i47), 3,4,5-tris(trifiuoromethyl)pyrazole (617) from trifluorodiazoethane and hexafluoro-2-butyne (8lAHC(28)l), and 4-phenyl-3-triflylpyrazole (618 R =H) from phenyltriflylacetylene and diazomethane (82MI40402). An excess of diazomethane causes iV-methylation of the pyrazole (618 R = H) and the two isomers (618 R = Me) and (619) are formed in a ratio of 1 1. 

Methylvinyldiazirine (199) rearranges at room temperature in the course of some days. Formation of the linear isomer is followed by electrocyclic ring closure to give 3-methyl-pyrazole. The linear diazo compound could be trapped by its reaction with acids to form esters, while the starting diazirine (199) is inert towards acids (B-71MI50801). 

Electrocyclization of certain a,/ y,<5-unsaturated diazo compounds, in which one of the double bonds is embedded in an aromatic ring, affords benzodiazepines. The diazoalkenes 1, produced by heating the sodium salts of the corresponding tosylhydrazoncs, can undergo two kinds of cyclization, [1,5] to yield 3//-pyrazoles, and [1,7] to give diazepines. 

There is much evidence that the mechanism" of the 1-pyrazoline reactions generally involves diradicals, though the mode of formation and detailed structure (e.g singlet vs. triplet) of these radicals may vary with the substrate and reaction conditions. The reactions of the 3 f-pyrazoles have been postulated to proceed through a diazo compound that loses N2 to give a vinylic carbene." ... 

Protected 6-amino-hexahydro-l,7-dioxopyrazolo[l,2-4]pyrazole-2-carboxylic acid 274 is available by a thermolytic decomposition of diazo compound 273 via the Wolff rearrangement. The starting compound is simply available by alkylation of racemic 272 with the corresponding bromoacetoacetate and subsequent diazo transfer reaction (Scheme 35) <1996TL4891>. 

H-Pyr azoles readily undergo photochemically induced elimination of nitrogen to yield the corresponding cyclopropenes, often by way of detectable vinyl diazo intermediates. l-Aryl-3-methyl-2-phenyl-l-diazobut-2-enes have, in fact, been prepared in this way from the appropriate pyrazoles.345 The vinyl diazo compounds 416, obtained by irradiation of the 3//-pyrazoles 417, were further converted to cyclopropenes 418 via vinylmethylene intermediates 419 by irradiation at 10°C.346 1-Acylcyclopropenes have been... 

A different method of generating pyrazoles was reported by Aggarwal et al. and is shown in Scheme 47 [90]. Reaction of diazo compound 176 (derived from benzaldehyde 165) with an alkynylbenzene enabled cyclization to pyrazole 177. 

Due to space limitations, it is not possible to provide a comprehensive coverage of all 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition chemistry carried out using diazo compounds over the past two decades. Rather, attention will be given to the most significant developments, including the synthesis of novel heterocyclic systems, the preparation of well-established heterocycles (such as pyrazoles and pyrazolines) with novel functionalities, as well as stereoselective cycloadditions. A discussion of the theoretical, mechanistic, and kinetic aspects of these 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions will be kept to a minimum, but references to important work in these areas will be given at appropriate places. Authoritative reviews dealing with the... 

The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of diazo compounds with alkynes represents a standard method for the preparation of pyrazoles. The initially formed... 

Acetylenedicarboxylic acid esters and related activated alkynes are routinely used as dipolarophiles for diazo dipoles. Recent examples include the use of diazo compounds 20 (49), 23 (51), and 24 (52) (Scheme 8.7), 25 (56) (Scheme 8.8), diazoacetaldehyde dimethylacetal (41) (which after cycloaddition and deprotection gave the corresponding pyrazole-3-carbaldehyde), ethyl 3-diazopyruvate (270), p-tolyl-trifluoromethyldiazomethane (271), bis(trifluoromethyl)diazomethane (272), and diazomethylenephosphoranes (60). 

There are several reports in the literature dealing with the bimolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions of alkynyl-substituted diazo compounds. Propargyl diazoacetate 212, when stored for 2 weeks at 0 °C, was transformed into an oligomer to which the constitution 213 was assigned (273) (Scheme 8.50). The alkynyl-diazoketone 214 requires a much higher temperature and is transformed into pyrazole 215, which probably arises from intermolecular cycloaddition, pyrazole tautomerization, and carbenic N/H insertion (274). The inter-intramolecular... 

Intramolecular reactions that differ from the 1,3-dipolar type are also known for olefinic diazo compounds. a,(3-Unsaturated diazo compounds are known to undergo 1,5-cyclization to give pyrazoles. This reaction type may be considered as a variant of an intramolecular [3 - - 2] cycloaddition. A recent ab initio and DPT study classified the cyclization of vinyldiazomethane to 3//-pyrazole as a monorotatory pericyclic process (318). 

Various ot,p y,5-unsaturated 1,3-dipoles are known to undergo 1,7-cyclization by a 871-electrocyclization process (329,330), and the corresponding diazo compounds behave similarly. 5-Diazopenta-l,3-diene derivatives such as 285 (Scheme 8.70), generated in situ by thermolysis of the corresponding tosylhydrazone sodium salts, cyclize to form 1,2-diazepines (286) (331). Sharp and co-workers studied the mechanism, scope, and limitations of this transformation. It was found that cis-substitution about the y,8-double bond prevents the 1,7-cyclization and directs the system toward 1,5-cyclization (332,333) (i.e., formation of a 3//-pyrazole), and that the ot,(3-double bond can be part of a phenyl ring (334). In special cases, the y,8-double bond can be incorporated as part of an aromatic [287 288 (335)] or 2- or 3-thienyl ring as well (336). 

AIkynyl(diisopropylsilyl)oxy-diazoacetates (295) undergo intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition in good yield when R = H (isolation of silver pyrazolide 296 was possible) and R, R = Me,Me or (CH2)s, but no reaction occurred when R = H, R = H or R =Me (340). The silicon substimtion is apparently crucial. Replacement of the Si(i-Pr)2 in 295 (R = R = H) by Si(f-Bu)2 allowed an uncatalyzed intramolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition to take place [xylene, 140-160 °C, 11% yield (340)], while Ag(I) catalysis led to decomposition. A diazoacetic acid (2-propyn-l-yl)oxysilyl ester also produced a bicyclic pyrazole, but in low yield. On the other hand, the same diazo compound 295, which reacted intm-molecularly under silver ion catalysis, underwent dimerization by an /nfermolecular... 

The most important method for the synthesis of 3i/-pyrazoles is by 1,3-dipoIar cycloaddition between a diazo compound and an alkyne, although alkenes bearing suitable leaving groups have also been used. Other methods include the cyclization of vinyldiazo compounds, and the oxidation of pyrazolines. 

When the a,/3-bond is olefinic and the y, 8-bond is aromatic, then 1,5- or 1,7-electrocyclization can be observed [75JCS(P1)102 79JCS(P1)1433], depending upon the substituents present on the a,/3-bond. In the simple acyclic case, the diazo compound 64 reacted to give pyrazoles 65 exclusively... 

Fusion of a cyclohexyl ring at C1-C2 also produced only the pyrazole, but when a cyclopentyl ring was fused at C1-C2 the diazo compound 71 reacted via all three possible modes of reaction (Scheme 23). This was the first example of a 3-aryl-l-diazoalkane reacting by both 1,5- and 1,7-electrocycliza-tion. This effect can be attributed to the fact that in 71a the termini separation is slightly greater than in the acyclic case 64 but not as great as in 69. So, in contrast to 69, both 6m- and 8w-electrocyclizations are possible, and the carbene reactions are also competitive [79JCS(P1)1433]. 

On the other hand, unsaturated diazo compounds are thermally transformed by 1,1-cycloaddition into a bicyclic pyrazole (141). Although reversibility of this cycloaddition is... 

Diazo compounds have been extensively used in the preparation of three-membered carbocycles either as carbene sources or as precursors for 1-pyrazolines or 3//-pyrazoles. Nitrogen extrusion from pyrazolines is particularly valuable for the synthesis of alkylcy-clopropanes, since the direct carbene route is impractical, as a matter of fact, owing to rapid intramolecular processes in alkylcarbenes. The cycloaddition of diazo compounds to unsaturated bonds to give 1-pyrazolines and 3/f-pyrazoles usually proceed in a concerted manner, and hence is stereospecific. In the subsequent nitrogen extrusion from the adducts,... 

Diazomethane and its simple analogs undergo cycloaddition to unsaturated compounds both directly and after conversion to carbenes. The direct cycloadditions are 1,3-dipolar for the most part and provide access to pyrazolines and pyrazoles. Intramolecular cyclizations were recognized as early as 1965 95 The two main methods used in generation of diazo compounds for subsequent intramolecular cycloaddition include thermolysis of tosylhydrazone salts and thermolysis of iminoaziridines. Decomposition of nitros-amines has also been employed. 

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