Pyrazolo pyrazole system

However, there are differences between o-phenylenediamine and 4,5-diaminopyrazoles in the synthesis of [5.5] systems. For example, the formation of pyrazolo[3,4-d]-[l,2,3]triazole (550) is similar to that of benzotriazole, but all attempts to extend the synthesis of benzimidazoles to the preparation of the imidazo[4,5-c]pyrazole system (551) have failed (78TH40400). 

Pyrazolo[l,2- ]pyrazole systems 166 can be obtained by the reaction of hydrazine with acrylic esters (Scheme 99) <2001J(P2)243, CHEC-III(12.10.12.1)406>. The betaines 167 reacts with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate to give products 168 which easily undergo thermal fragmentation to 169 followed by another cycloaddition to form 170 (Scheme 100) <1981JA7743>. Criss-cross addition of azines, e.g. 171, also involves two successive 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions to give pyrazolo[l,2-. 

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). 

The pyrazole analogues of anthranilic acids or anthranilonitriles are a convenient source of [5.6] fused systems (for a general review see (80T2359)). Thus 5-amino-4-cyanopyrazoles (in some examples an ester or a hydrazido group replaced the cyano group) have been transformed into pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines (552) and into pyrazolo[2,3-e]diazepinones (553), and 4-amino-5-methoxycarbonylpyrazoles have been converted into pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidines (554). 

Some tricyclic systems have been prepared by intramolecular cyclization from A-aryl-pyrazoles carrying substituents both in the pyrazole ring at C-5 and in the phenyl ring at the o-position. Thus pyrazolo[l,5-n]quinazolines (563) (69JHC947) and pyrazolo[l,5-n]-[l,4]benzodiazepines (564) (77JHC1163, 77JHC1171) can be prepared from suitable precursors. 

Pyrazoles can be prepared by ring opening reactions of fused systems already containing the pyrazole nucleus. Thus several [5.5], [5.6] and [5.7] fused heterocycles have been opened to substituted pyrazoles, usually in basic medium. In general, the method has little preparative interest since another pyrazole derivative has usually been used to build the ring-fused system. However, due to the unexpected structures obtained, two publications are worthy of notice. 6//-Cyclopropa[5a,6a]pyrazolo[l,5-a]pyrimidine (638) was readily obtained from the corresponding pyrazolopyrimidine by the action of diazomethane at room temperature (Scheme 59) (81H(15)265). When (638) was treated with potassium hydroxide, the pyrazole (640) was formed, probably via the diazepine (639). 

Dipolar cycloaddition reaction of suitable dipolarophiles to azomethine imines is a well-known method leading to the pyrazolo[l,2-tf]pyrazole ring system and the methodology was duly reviewed in CHEC-II(1996) <1996CHEC-II(8)747>. During the covered period, some new applications have appeared. 

Besides uracil-6-iminophosphorane, the iminophosphorane component was extended to pyrazole 3 and pyrazolon-4-iminophosphoranes 363 (94JOC3985). In its electron distribution, 363 can be compared with uracil 346. With arylisocyanates, pyridine, or y-picoline, zwitterionic pyrazolo [3, 4 4,5]pyrido[6,l-a]pyrimidines (364) are obtained and with isoquinoline, 365 is formed (Scheme 131). Again, both systems show a typical negative solvatochromism (94JOC3985). 

Although only a few condensed 5 6 or 5 5 aromatic pyrazole derivatives can be isolated from biological sources, the chemistry of condensed pyrazoles has received considerable interest. Condensed pyrazoles with an indene skeleton can be considered as purine analogues and, as such, are expected to have biological activity. The discovery of the xanthene oxidase inhibitory action of pyrazolo[3,4-fiT pyrimidine and the cAMP phos-phodiasterase inhibitory action of pyrazolo[l,5-a]pyrimidines has stimulated considerable interest in the synthesis of analogues of both ring systems. 

A series of pyrazolo[3,4-, pyridazinones 430 and analogues, potentially useful as peripheral vasodilators, were synthesized and evaluated as inhibitors of PDE5 extracted from human platelets. Several of them showed ICso values in the range 0.14-1.4 pM. A good activity and selectivity profile versus PDE6 was found for compound 430 (6-benzyl-3-methyl-l-isopropyl-4-phenylpyrazolo[3,4-r/]pyridazin-7(6/7)-one). Structure-activity relationship studies demonstrated the essential role played by the benzyl group at position 6 of the pyrazolopyridazine system. Other types of pyridazinones fused with five- and six-membered heterocycles (pyrrole, isoxazole, pyridine, and dihydropyridine), as well as some open-chain models were prepared and evaluated. Besides the pyrazole, the best of the fused systems proved to be isoxazole and pyridine <2002MI227>. 

Two closely related mesoionic systems, 59 and 60, were obtained by reductive cyclization of 61 with TEP,62 and by oxidation of 62 with lead tetraacetate,63 respectively. The pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyrazole 64 was obtained from the azo compound 63 by reduction with dithionite, followed by diazotization of the resultant amine and cyclization with... 

More recently, Jin (92MI2) investigated several mono- and dimethylated cycloheptazol-8-ones. The similarity of the electronic spectra of pyrazolo-tropones 85, 86a, and 87a is explained by the very similar 10-77 systems present. However, the spectra of isoxazoles 90 and 91 and of oxazole 114b are different from those of the pyrazoles. This difference was attributed to the small contribution of the oxygen-atom lone-pair electrons to the conjugation, which minimizes the contribution of the 10-77 system. 

The pyrazolo[l, 2-a ]pyrazole ring system is susceptible to thermolysis, photolysis, reduction and hydrogenolysis. Two successive electrocyclic ring opening processes are responsible for the formation of the heteropolyene (66) when (64) is heated the C-vinylazomethine imine (65) is proposed as the intermediate (75TL1125). 

The heterocycles in this chapter are named according to the IUPAC method. For example the systems (9) are named as pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyrazoles and compound (10) is pyrazolo[l,2-a]pyr azole. 

Absorption spectra of a number of type A systems have been measured and these are summarized in Table 1. The parent systems (26)-(28) are highly coloured suggesting a small HOMO-LUMO gap. Aza substitution results in a hypsochromic shift of the first absorption band presumably due to an increase in frontier orbital separation resulting from differential perturbation of HOMO and LUMO. These aspects of the spectra are consistent with the HMO model (Section 4.37.2.1). Absorption spectra of type B systems are not well documented. Pyrazolo[l,2-a]pyrazole (10) is a colourless compound and shows an absorption band at 284 nm in ethanol solution (66JA1992). 

The new pyrazolo[l,5-tf][l,3,5]benzoxadiazocine heterocyclic ring system 123 was prepared by cyclization of 4,5-dihydro-3-methyl-5-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-17/-pyrazole-l-carboximidamide with triethyl orthoformate. A reaction mechanism involving re-esterification of triethyl orthoformate with phenolic hydroxyl of the additional equivalent of hydroxyphenyl pyrazoline was proposed to explain the formation of the product with an additional guanidine moiety (Equation 17 <2002J(P1)1260>). 

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