Pyrazole 1-phenyl

Phenyl and 5-phenyl-lJ-f-pyrazole, 3-phenyl-lH-indazole 5-6 CC (02HCA2763)... 

In a study of the tautomerism of 3-(5)-phenylpyrazoles, the X-ray structure of 4-bromo-3-phenylpyrazole showed that a trimeric structure bonded through an H-bond was formed with a considerable twist of the phenyl group about the pyrazole-phenyl bond (92JCS(P2)1737). 

B. C. Hamper and D. R. Dukesherer, Analytical and Preparative Separation of the Enantiomers of Pyrazole Phenyl Ether Herbicides on Three Chiral Stationary Phases, J. Chromatogr., 666(1994)479. 

Despite the weak basicity of isoxazoles, complexes of the parent methyl and phenyl derivatives with numerous metal ions such as copper, zinc, cobalt, etc. have been described (79AHC(25) 147). Many transition metal cations form complexes with Imidazoles the coordination number is four to six (70AHC(12)103). The chemistry of pyrazole complexes has been especially well studied and coordination compounds are known with thlazoles and 1,2,4-triazoles. Tetrazole anions also form good ligands for heavy metals (77AHC(21)323). 

Substituted imidazoles can be acylated at the 2-position by acid chlorides in the presence of triethylamine. This reaction proceeds by proton loss on the (V-acylated intermediate (241). An analogous reaction with phenyl isocyanate gives (242), probably via a similar mechanism. Benzimidazoles react similarly, but pyrazoles do not (80AHC(27)24l) cf. Section 4.02.1.4.6). 

Isoxazoles unsubstituted in the 3-position react with hydroxide or ethoxide ions to give )3-keto nitriles (243) -> (244). This reaction involves nucleophilic attack at the 3-CH group. 1,2-Benzisoxazoles unsubstituted in the 3-position similarly readily give salicylyl nitriles (67AHC(8)277), and 5-phenyl-l,3,4-oxadiazole (245) is rapidly converted in alkaline solution into benzoylcyanamide (246) (61CI(L)292). A similar cleavage is known for 3-unsubstituted pyrazoles and indazoles the latter yield o-cyanoanilines. 

Bielectrophiles have found appreciable applications in the synthesis of ring-fused systems, especially those involving [5,6] fused systems. The following serve to illustrate these applications. Reaction of pyrazole with (chlorocarbonyl)phenyl ketene (214) (Type 1, Scheme 6) readily formed the zwitterionic pyrazolo[l,2-a]pyrazole derivative (215) (80JA3971). With l-methylimidazole-2-thione (216), anhydro-2-hydroxy-8-methyl-4-oxo-3-phenyl-4//-imidazo[2,l-6][l,3]thiazinium hydroxide (217) was obtained (80JOC2474). 

Phenyl-l,2-dithiolylium salt (483) with hydrazine, methylhydrazine or phenylhydrazine yielded the corresponding pyrazole (485) via the intermediates (484a-c). The ring-fused system (486) is a convenient source of the ring-fused pyrazole (487) when treated with hydrazine (see Chapter 4.31). 

From UV studies of 4-phenyl-, 4-nitro- and 4-nitroso-pyrazoles, Habraken et al. (67RTC1249,72JHC939) conclude that the 4-pyrazolyl group acts as an electron-donating group. UV spectra of pairs of 1-aryl- and 2-aryl-indazoles and their utility in the determination of isomeric structures are discussed in (67BSF2619) many other UV data on indazole derivatives can be found in (71PMH(3)67). 

Simple HMO calculations (68JCS(B)725) satisfactorily account for the UV spectra of a great number of pyrazoles substituted by methyl and phenyl groups. The spectra of pyrazolium and indazolium salts (free bases in IN HCl) have been compared with calculated transitions (Pariser-Parr-Pople method) (74MI40403). 

Since the authors did not succeed in obtaining an ESR spectrum, they were unable to decide whether the IV-pyrazolyl radical is of the a (112a) or the v (112b) type. Ab initio calculations indicate that the radical has Bi (rr) symmetry (76T1555). However, the radical is formed from (111) as a cr radical and is able to react as such in its lifetime. This is in agreement with the experimental results (75JOC915), no C-phenylated pyrazoles being detected. 

From studies reported in the references in Table 5 (Section 4.04.1.3.1) the dihedral angle between a phenyl and a pyrazole ring in the crystalline state, falls between 4° and 22° when the phenyl group is in the 3- or 4-position. The planar conformation of C-formylpyrazoles (57) and the resonance interaction between them (87) has already been discussed in connection with H NMR (Section 4.04.1.3.3(i)) and IR studies (Section 4.04.1.3.7(iii)). 

Table 26 Dihedral Angles Between the Pyrazole and the Phenyl Ring in iV-PhenylpyrazoIes Determined by X-Ray Crystallography (for References see Table 5)...

Cyclodehydrogenation of 1,4,5-triphenylpyrazole (174) to give 1-phenyl-l//-phenanthro[9,10-c]pyrazole (175) has been observed (Scheme 13), but in the presence of benzophenone ring opening to 3-anilino-2,3-diphenylacrylonitrile (176) was preferred (77JCS(PD2095). 

As discussed in the theoretical section (4.04.1.2.1), electrophilic attack on pyrazoles takes place at C-4 in accordance with localization energies and tt-electron densities. Attack in other positions is extremely rare. This fact, added to the deactivating effect of the substituent introduced in the 4-position, explains why further electrophilic substitution is generally never observed. Indazole reacts at C-3, and reactions taking place on the fused ring will be discussed in Section 4.04.2.3.2(i). Reaction on the phenyl ring of C- and A-phenyl-pyrazoles will be discussed in Sections 4.04.2.3.3(ii) and 4.04.2.3.10(i), respectively. The behaviour of pyrazolones is quite different owing to the existence of a non-aromatic tautomer. 

The principal results on the nitration of pyrazoles are shown in Scheme 23. If the substituent is a phenyl group, it can compete with the pyrazole ring and para-nitration is often observed (Sections 4.04.2.3.3(ii) and 4.04.2.3.10(i)). 

Radical phenylation of iV-substituted pyrazoles has been studied by Lynch et al. (b-76MI40402). The most significant results are shown in Figure 24. 

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