| Abstract: | Although pyrazole formation results from treatment of 3-chloro-6-hydrazinopyridazine ( 2 ) with both ethoxymethylenemalononitrile and ethyl (ethoxymethylene)cyanoacetate, 6-chlorotriazolo4,3-b]pyridazine ( 5 ) was produced (75% yield) when 2 was treated with diethyl ethoxymethylenemalonate. Treatment of 2 with diethyl acetylmalonate ( 8 ) gave both 6-chloro-3-methyltriazolo4,3-b]pyridazine ( 10 ) and 5-hydroxy-3-methyl-1-(6-chloro-3-pyridazinyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester ( 12 ). Pyrazole 12 was initially isolated as a salt of triazolopyridazine 10 . |
