Reactions of Hydrazides and Azides

The conversion of hydrazides and azides to amines has been described in Section VIII. 1A(6). 

The formation of urethanes by heating azidocarbonyl compounds with anhydrous alcohols has been described in Section VIII.IE. 

6-Diamino-3-chloro-5-hydrazinocarbonylpyrazine with nitrous acid at 50-55° formed 2,6-diamino-3-azidocarbonyl-5-chloropyrazine, which, refluxed with a solution of guanidine hydrochloride and sodium isopropoxide in propan-2-ol, gave 2,6-diamino-3-chloro-5-guanidinocarbonylpyrazine and many similar preparations were reported (1371). 2-Amino-5-chloro-3-hydrazinocarbonylpyrazine treated with nitrous acid gave 2-amino-3-azidocarbonyl-5-chloropyrazine, which was pyrolyzed to 5-chloro-2-hydroxyimidazo(4,5-Z)]pyrazine (1226). 

5-Diazidocarbonylpyrazine refluxed in benzene gave 2,5-diisocyanatopyrazine (50) (which was stable to hydrolytic agents) (1172). 5-Azidocarbonyl-2,3-bis(fur-2 -yl)pyrazine reacted with amines to afford the corresponding urea derivatives (1163). 

The amino group of hydrazides react with aldehydes and ketones. For example, 2-hydrazinocarbonylpyrazine refluxed with acetone-ethanol gave 2-isopropylidene-hydrazinocarbonylpyrazine (51) [which was reduced in methanol over palladium-charcoal to 2-(2 -isopropylhydrazinocarbonyI)pyrazine] (1366,1428,1429). Other references to similar reactions include the following reactions 2-hydrazinocarbonylpyrazine with p-acetamidobenzaldehyde (138) 4-hydroxy-, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-and 2-carboxy-3,4-dimethoxybenzaldehydes (1319) furfural (1201) and pyruvic acid (1201) 2-amino-3-hydrazinocarbonylpyrazine with acetone and benzaldehyde (1214) and 2-hydrazinocarbonyl-5,6-dimethyl-3-methylaminopyrazine with acetone (428). 

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Special reactions of hydrazides and azides are illustrated by the conversion of the hydrazide (205) into the azide (206) by nitrous acid (60JOC1950) and thence into the urethane (207) by ethanol (64FES(19)105Q) the conversion of the same azide (206) into the N-alkylamide (208) by ethylamine the formation of the hydrazone (209) from acetaldehyde and the hydrazide (205) and the IV-acylation of the hydrazide (205) to give, for example, the formylhydrazide (210) (65FES(20)259). It is evident that there is an isocyanate intermediate between (206) and (207) such compounds have been isolated sometimes, e.g. (211). Several of the above reactions are involved in some Curtius degradations. 

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