3- Thioxo-1,2,4-triazolo pyrimidines

Tire mesoionie l,2,4-triazolo[l,5-c]quinazolines 59 were obtained upon eyelization of the 4-thioxo-l,3-benzothiazines 57 with thioearbohydra-zine through the intermediate 3-(4-thiosemiearbazido)pyrimidines 58 (86-JHC43) (Seheme 19). 

Heating the mesoionic l-amino-2-thioxo-l,2,4-triazolo[l,5-c]quinazo-lines 59 with aromatic aldehydes and ethanolic hydrochloric acid resulted in the formation of Schiff bases and simultaneous pyrimidine ring cleavage... 

Hydrolytic fragmentation of the C5-N6 part took place upon heating 7-methyl-5-propyl-2-thioxo-l,2,4-triazolo[l,5-c]pyrimidine (129) with hydrochloric acid. 3-Acetonyl-5-mercapto-l,2,4-triazole (130) and butanoic acid were obtained as a result of N4-C5, C5-N6, and N6-C7 bond cleavages (65JCS3369) (Scheme 50). 

These isomers (XLVIII) are formed as side-products during the cycUzation reaction or when the 2,3-dihydro-l,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a]pyri-midine-3-thiones (XLVII) are heated either in water or water-pyridine mixtures. These isomerisations are probably proceeded by the hydrolysis of the (XLVII) first formed. The hydrolysis likely yields either the Schiff s base of 5-amino-2l4-l,2,4-triazoline-3-thione (XLIXa) or 5-amino-zl4-l,2,4-triazoline-3-thione (XLIXb) and the corresponding -dicarbonyl compound. These substances can now cyclize again either on the Nj or the nitrogen atom. This re-cyclization however will occur most readily on the more nucleophile nitrogen atom of the hydrazino function (Nj). Similar conversion reactions are known and have been studied in detail for the non-thioxo substituted l,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a] pyrimidines 3, 317, 318, 319, 383). 

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