4-Alkoxycarbonyl, 4-alkylthiocarbonyl and 5-alkoxycarbonyloxy derivatives of 1-substituted-3-methylpyrazol-5-ones

The reaction of 1-substituted-3-methylpyrazol-5-ones 1 with alkyl chloroformates and calcium hydroxide in dioxane have been studied. With 1-phenyl-3-methylpyrazol-5-one, the isolated product was alkyl 3-methyl-5-oxo-1-phenylpyrazole-4-carboxylate 2 but with 1-alkyl-3-methylpyrazol-5-one formation of 1-alkyl-5-alkoxycarbonyloxy-3-methylpyrazole 3 was observed. Replacement of alkyl chloroformate by bis(alkoxythiocarbonyl) sulfide results in the formation of 4-alkoxythiocarbonyl derivatives 4 in low yield with both 1-substituted-3-methylpyrazol-5-ones.