Unprecedented Reaction Pathway of Sterically Crowded Calcium Complexes: Sequential C−N Bond Cleavage Reactions Induced by C−H Bond Activations

Five bis(quinolylmethyl)‐(1H ‐indolylmethyl)amine (BQIA) compounds, that is, {(quinol‐8‐yl‐CH₂)₂NCH₂(3‐Br‐1H ‐indol‐2‐yl)} ( L¹H ) and {[(8‐R³‐quinol‐2‐yl)CH₂]₂NCH(R²)[3‐R¹‐1H ‐indol‐2‐yl]} ( L^2–5H ) ( L²H : R¹=Br, R²=H, R³=H; L³H : R¹=Br, R²=H, R³=i Pr; L⁴H : R¹=H, R²=CH₃, R³=i Pr; L⁵H : R¹=H, R²=n Bu, R³=i Pr) were synthesized and used to prepare calcium complexes. The reactions of L^1–5H with silylamido calcium precursors (Ca[N(SiMe₂R)₂]₂(THF)₂, R=Me or H) at room temperature gave heteroleptic products ( L^{1, 2} )CaN(SiMe₃)₂ ( 1 , 2 ), ( L^{3, 4} )CaN(SiHMe₂)₂ ( 3 a , 4 a ) and homoleptic complexes ( L^{3, 5} )₂Ca ( D3 , D5 ). NMR and X‐ray analyses proved that these calcium complexes were stabilized through Ca⋅⋅⋅C−Si, Ca⋅⋅⋅H−Si or Ca⋅⋅⋅H−C agostic interactions. Unexpectedly, calcium complexes (( L^3–5 )CaN(SiMe₃)₂) bearing more sterically encumbered ligands of the same type were extremely unstable and underwent C−N bond cleavage processes as a consequence of intramolecular C−H bond activation, leading to the exclusive formation of (E )‐1,2‐bis(8‐isopropylquinol‐2‐yl)ethane.     

Kinetics and mechanism of acid hydrolysis of peroxyketals

The kinetics of hydrolysis of aliphatic ketone di-tert-butylperoxyketals R¹R²C=O, R¹, R²=CH₃, CH₃; CH₃, C₂H₅; CH₃, n-C₃H₇; CH₃, n-C₆H₁₃; CH₃, i-C₅H₁₀; CH₃, i-C₄H₉; C₂H₅, i-C₃H₇; n-C₄H₉, n-C₄H₉; CH₃, C₆H₅-CH₂, in dioxane in the presence of H₂SO₄ were investigated by IR spectroscopy. It was found that the reaction is reversible and takes place according to the equation R¹R²C· (OOC(CH₃)₃)₂ + H₂O;_H+ R¹R²C=O + 2HOOC(CH₃)₃. The proposed mechanism of hydrolysis includes the fast, quasiequilibrium formation of protonated peroxyketal and subsequent formation of the alkylperoxycarbenium ion. A three-parameter correlation equation is proposed for describing the initial rates of hydrolysis of R¹R²C(oo-t-Bu)₂ peroxyketals.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2501–2506, November, 1990.     

A New Method of Preparation of Ifosfamide and Cyclophosphamide; Synthesis of Side Products

Abstract

This study focusses on the preparation of ifosfamide (1; R¹=CH₂CH₂Cl, R²=NHCH₂CH₂Cl) and cyclophosphamide (2 R¹=H, R²=N(CH₂CH₂Cl)₂), standard drugs in tumor therapy, in order to avoid the alkylating educts like 2-chloroethylamine by introducing chlorine in the final reaction step. The reaction of the trimethylsilyl compounds (3; R¹=CH₂CH₂Cl, R²=NHCH₂CH₂0SiMe₃) and (4; R¹=H, R²=N(CH₂CH₂0SiMe₃)₂), respectively, with 2-chloro- 1,3,5-trimethyl-1,3,5-triaza-σ³λ₃-2-phosphoM-4,6-dione, followed by chlorination of the resulting product with sulphuryl chloride, furnished the cytotoxic drugs (1) and (2) [l].     

Synthesis and molecular structures of dialkylselenonium methylide complexes of indium tribromide

The reaction of bromomethyl-dibromo-indium(III), Br₂InCH₂Br with dialkylselenides, R¹SeR² (R¹ = CH₃, R² = CH₂C₆H₅; R¹ = C₂H₅, R² = CH₂C₆H₅; R¹ = R² = CH₂C₆H₅) afforded the corresponding dialkylselenonium methylide complexes of indium tribromide, Br₃InCH₂SeR¹R², which were fully characterized by NMR spectroscopy and single crystal X-ray diffraction studies.     

Synthesis and characterization of fluorous (S)- and (R)-1-phenylethylamines that effect heat facilitated resolution of (±)-2-(8-carboxy-1-naphthylsulfinyl)benzoic acid via diastereomeric salt formation and study of their circular dichroism

Perfluoroalkyl- or nonafluoro-tert-butoxy-alkyl-substituted enantiopure amines having the structure PhCHCH₃(NR¹R²) [R¹ = H, CH₃; R² = (CH₂)₃C₈F₁₇, (CH₂)₂OC(CF₃)₃; R¹ = R² = (CH₂)₃C₈F₁₇, (CH₂)₂OC(CF₃)₃] are obtained in high yields, when (S)-(−)-1-phenylethylamine is reacted with readily accessible alkylating reagents or fluorous 2° amines (R¹ = H; R² = (CH₂)₃C₈F₁₇, (CH₂)₂OC(CF₃)₃) are methylated in a Leuckart-Wallach reaction. The solubility patterns of these novel chiral amines and their hydrochlorides are qualitatively described for a broad spectrum of solvents and the fluorous partition coefficients of the free bases are determined by GC. A novel method for the resolution of enantiomers is disclosed here, which involves the use a half-equivalent of the selected resolving agent in solvent water that displays low solubility for the crystalline diastereomeric salt(s) formed even at temperatures near to its boiling point. Compound (S)-(−)-PhCHCH₃[NH(CH₂)₃C₈F₁₇] is found to satisfy all the latter conditions and successfully used for the heat facilitated resolution of the title racemic acid. The circular dichroism (CD) spectra of six novel fluorous (S)-(−)-1-phenylethylamine derivatives are measured in ethanol, trifluoroethanol and hexafluoropropan-2-ol and discussed in detail.     

Synthesis and reactions of fluorinated iminium salts

Different methods for the preparation of fluorinated iminium salts RR¹CNR²R³⁺MF₆^? (R=R¹=F ; R²=R³=CH₃, C₂H₅ M=As, Sb 4a ? c R=H, R¹=F; R²=R³=CH₃ M=As, Sb 5a, b R=R¹=CF₃; R²=H, R³=CH₃ M=Sb 12 R=R¹=CF₃; R²=R³=CH₃ M=As 14) are reported, the spectroscopic properties (IR, NMR) of the cations of these salts are briefly discussed. By F^?-addition to these salts, $\text{e.g.}$ to 16, perfluoroalkyl-bis(alkyl)-amines ($\text{e.g.}$ (CF₃)₂CFN(CH₃)₂ 15) can be prepared; from the methylation of CF₃NCF₂ bis(trifluoromethyl) methylamine (CF₃)₂NCH₃ (11) was obtained.     

The role of ion–neutral complexes in the reactions of onium ions and related species

An account is given of the development of the proposal that ion–neutral complexes are involved in the unimolecular reactions of onium ions (R¹R²C?Z⁺R³; Z = O, S, NR⁴; R¹, R², R³, R⁴ = H, C_nH_{2n + 1}), with particular emphasis on the informative C₄H₉O⁺ oxonium ion system (Z = O; R¹, R² = H; R³ = C₃H₇). Current ideas on the role of ion-neutral complexes in cation rearrangements, hydrogen transfer processes and more complex isomerizations are illustrated by considering the behaviour of isomeric CH₃CH₂CH₂X⁺ and (CH₃)₂CHX⁺ species [X = CH₂O, CH₃CHO, H₂O, CH₃OH, NH₃, NH₂CH₃, NH(CH₃)₂, CH₂?NH, CH₂?NCH₃, CO, CH₃˙, Br˙ and I˙]. Attention is focused on the importance of four energetic factors (the stabilization energy of the ion–neutral complex, the energy released by rearrangement of the cationic component, the enthalpy change for proton transfer between the partners of the ion neutral complex and the ergicity of recombination of the components) which influence the reactivity of the complexes. The nature and extent of the chemistry involving ion-neutral complexes depend on the relative magnitudes of these parameters. Thus, when the magnitude of the stabilization energy exceeds the energy released by cation rearrangement, the ergicity of proton transfer is small, and recombination of the components in a new way is energetically favourable, extensive complex-mediated isomerizations tend to occur. Loss of H₂O from metastable CH₂?O⁺C₃H₇ ions is an example of such a reaction. Conversely, if the stabilization energy is small compared with the magnitude of the energy released by eation rearrangement, the opportunities for complex-mediated processes to become manifest are decreased, especially if proton transfer is endoergic. Thus, CH₃CH₂CH₂CO⁺ expels CO, with an increased kinetic energy release, after rate-limiting isomerization of CH₃CH₂CH₂⁺? CO to (CH₃)₂CH⁺? CO has taken place. When proton transfer between the components of the complex is strongly exoergic, fragmentation corresponding to single hydrogen transfer occurs readily. The proton-transfer step is often preceded by cation rearrangement for CH₃CH₂CH₂X⁺ species. In such circumstances, the involvement of ion–neutral complexes can be detected by the observation of unusual site selectivity in the hydrogen-transfer step. Thus, C₃H₆ loss from CH₂?N⁺(R¹)CH₂CH₂CH₃ (R¹ = H, CH₃, C₃H₇) immonium ions is found by ²H-labelling experiments to proceed via preferential α-and γ-hydrogen transfer; this finding is explained if the incipient ⁺CH₂CH₂CH₃ ion isomerizes to CH₃CH⁺CH₃ prior to proton abstraction. In contrast, the isomeric CH₂?N⁺(R¹)CH(CH₃)₂ species undergo specific β-hydrogen transfer because the developing CH₃CH⁺CH₃ cation is stable with respect to rearrangements involving a 1,2-H shift.     

Richtlinien und Bemerkungen der Redaktion und des Verlages für Abfassung von Manuskripten für die Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie

Reaction of Trimethylsilylethers of Unsaturated Alcohols with Schwartz Reagent – Stabilisation of Cyclic Zirconiumorganic Compounds by the Moiety Cp₂ZrH₂ Besides the normal product of hydrozirconation the reaction of allyltrimethylsilylethers CH₂? CHC(R¹R²)OSi(CH₃)₃ ( I : R¹ = R² = H, VIII : R¹ = R² = CH₃, X : R¹ = H, R² = CH₃) with Cp₂Zr(H)Cl yields, as a result of a hydrogenation of the Si? O bond, trimethylsilane and a series of compounds with a Zr? O bond. Depending on the substitution of the α-C atom either dimeric chelates ( III ) or binuclear complexes of the type Cp₂Zr(Cl)CH₂CH₂C(R¹R²)OZr(Cl)Cp₂ ( IX : R¹ = R² = CH₃; XII : R¹ = H, R² = CH₃) are formed. Starting with X and excess Cp₂Zr(H)Cl the binuclear compound XIII is obtained which may be considered as an adduct of Cp₂ZrH₂ to the unsaturated chelate Compound XVII with a structure analogous to XIII is synthesized by the reaction of IX with Cp₂ZrH₂. The ¹H-NMR spectrum is in accordance with the existence of cis-trans-isomers of this complex.     

An efficient synthesis of 1-cyanoacetyl-5-halomethyl-4,5-dihydro-1<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis>-pyrazoles in ionic liquid

The synthesis of eleven 1-cyanoacetyl-5-hydroxy-5-halomethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazoles from the reaction of 4-alkoxy-3-alken-2-ones f(R ³C(O)C(R ²) = C(R ¹)OR, where R ³ = CF₃, CCl₃, CHCl₂, CO₂ Et; R ²/R ¹ = H/H, H/Me, H/Et, -(CH₂)₄-, Me/H, H/Pr, and R = Me, Et) with cyanoacetohydrazide is reported. The reaction was carried out in the ionic liquid ([bmim][BF₄]) and molecular solvents. The results showed that when the ionic liquid was used as reaction medium, the reaction time was drastically decreased and the yield was improved. Correspondence: Marcos A. P. Martins, Núcleo de Química de Heterociclos – NUQUIMHE, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.     

Novel generation ponytails in fluorous chemistry: Syntheses of primary, secondary, and tertiary (nonafluoro-tert-butyloxy)ethyl amines

(Nonafluoro-tert-butyloxy)ethyl tosylate 4 was prepared in 65% yield from nonafluoro-tert-butanol 1 using commercially available reagents. Further reaction of 4 with HNR¹R² (R¹ = R² = H, CH₃; R¹ = H, R² = CH₃, (CH₂)₃C₈F₁₇, CH₂CH₂OC(CF₃)₃) affords the appropriate (CF₃)₃COCH₂CH₂NR¹R² amines in 20-69% yields. Improved overall yields of [(CF₃)₃COCH₂CH₂]_3−nNR_n to 1 were obtained by the reaction of (CF₃)₃CONa 2 and (XCH₂CH₂)_3−nNR_n (X = Cl, n = 0, 1, 2, R = CH₃; X = CH₃SO₂O, n = 1, R = CH₃SO₂) nitrogen mustards and a similar reactive β-substituted ethyl amine. The title amines are mobile colorless liquids and volatile with steam. The bulky fluorous ponytail (CF₃)₃CO(CH₂)₂ displays high acidic stability and increases fluorous character almost as much as the classical straight-chain C₈F₁₇(CH₂)₃ ponytail.     

Dissociation constants of 2‐azidoethanamines in aqueous solution

Aqueous‐phase dissociation constants (K_a) for the conjugate acids of a series of 2‐azidoethanamine bases: R¹N(R²)CH₂CH₂N₃ ( 1 , R¹ = CH₃, R² = H; 2 , R¹ = CH₃, R² = CH₃; 3 , R¹ = CH₂CH₃, R² = CH₂CH₃; 4 , R¹/R² =  CH₂CH₂CH₂CH₂ ; 5 , R¹/R² =  CH₂CH₂OCH₂CH₂ ; 6 , R¹ = CH₂CH₃, R² = CH₂CH₂N₃) were measured and found to fall between those for analogous unfunctionalized and cyano‐functionalized ethanamines. To explore the possibility of a relationship existing between the constants and molecular geometry, a theoretically based study was conducted. In it, the Gibbs free energies of aqueous‐phase (equilibrium) conformers of the bases and their conjugate acids were determined via a density functional theory/polarizable continuum model method. The results indicate that an attractive interaction between the amine and azide groups that underlies the lowest‐energy gas‐phase conformer of 2 is negated in an aqueous environment by solvent–solute interactions. The magnitudes of the free energy changes of solvation and −TS (entropic) energies of the conformers of the 2‐azidoethanamines and their conjugate acids are observed to correlate with the magnitude of the separation between the conformers' amine and azide groups. However, those correlations are not by themselves sufficient to predict the relative free energies of a molecule's conformers in an aqueous environment. That insufficiency is due to the influence of the correlations being mitigated by three other parameters that arise within the thermodynamic framework employed to compute the observable. The nature of those parameters is discussed. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2010     

Phosphoniumsalze mit Hydrogendihalogenidanionen HCl2−, HBr2− Hl2− oder HBrCl−

Phosphonium Salts with Hydrogen Dihalide Anions HCl₂^?, HBr₂^?, HI₂^?, or HBrCl^? Phosphonium hydrogen dihalides [R₃PR′][XHY] (X = Y = Cl, Br, I; X = Br, Y = Cl) resp. [R₃PH]HBr₂ are obtained as extremely hydrolyzable crystals by reaction of phosphonium halides or tertiary phosphanes with hydrogen halide. According to IR spectroscopic results the solid compounds mostly contain anions [XHX]^? with symmetric hydrogen bonds. In solution ¹H NMR measurements show a slight (X = Cl, Br) or considerable (X = I) dissociation according to HX₂^? ? X^? + HX. On heating the solid compounds decompose with formation of hydrogen halide and [R₃PR′]X or [R₃PH]X. In this process the hydrogen bromidechlorides [R₃PR′][BrHCl] exclusively eliminate HCl. NMR studies (¹H und ³¹P) with solutions containing [R₃PH]HBr₂ (R = phenyl, 1-naphtyl) or HBr and Ph₃P in varying molar ratios show that a fast proton exchange between the competing Lewis bases R₃P and Br^? exists.     

S,N,N′-Substituted sulfurdiimines as ligands: II. Compounds [(ν3-RC3H4)Pd{R1NS(R2)NR1}] (R  H,CH3;R1  aryl; R2  CH3, t-C4H9) and some related triazenido and amidino compounds of palladium(II)

The complexes [(ν³-RC₃H₄)Pd{R¹NS(R²)NR¹}] (R  H, CH₃;R¹  aryl; R²  CH₃, t-C₄H₉) have been obtained from the reaction of [(ν³-RC₃H₄)PdCl]₂ with [Li{R¹NS(R²)NR¹}]; two isomers are produced, differing in the orientation of the allyl group. The sulfurdiimino group has some π-allylic character. The compounds decompose in solution into azo—arenes and [(ν³-RC₃H₄)Pd(SR²)]₂, and this is shown to be dependent upon steric and electronic factors.The properties of the sulfurdiimino compounds are compared with those of the compounds [(ν³-RC₃H₄)Pd(R³N₃R³)]₂ and [(ν³-RC₃H₄)Pd(R³NC(R⁴)NR³)]₂ (R  H, CH₃;R³  CH₃, aryl; R⁴  H, CH₃), which have been prepared by new methods.     

Synthesis and reactivity of metal-containing monomers

Optically active mixed alkoxy orthotitanates with general formula Ti(OR¹)₂(OR²)(OR³) (R¹=Et, Buⁿ; R²=CH₂CH₂OCOC(Me)=CH₂; R³=menthyl, CH(Me)CH₂Me, CH(Ph)CH(NHMe)Me, CH(C₉H₆N)(C₉H₁₄N)) were obtained for the first time by transesterification. The Ti^IV monomers synthesized were characterized by elemental analysis, ozonolysis, and¹H and¹³C NMR and IR spectroscopy. Polymer products with optical activity were obtained by liquid phase radical copolymerization of Ti^IV-containing monomers. For Part 51, see Ref. 1. Deceased. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1739–1743, September, 1999.     

An ionic liquid as reaction medium for the synthesis of halo-containing β-enaminones at room temperature

A series of twenty halomethylated β-enaminones [RC(O)CH=C(R ¹)NR ³ R ⁴, where R = CF₃,CCl₃, CHCl₂; R ¹ = H, Me, Ph; R ³ = H, Me, Bu, Et; R ⁴ = Me, Et, Bu, allyl, tert-amyl, CH₂CH₂OH, Bn, Ph] were synthesized using the ionic liquid [bmim]BF₄ at room temperature. It is demonstrated that this ionic liquid is a reaction medium suitable for the amination of β-alkoxyvinyl halomethyl ketones. The advantages of this method are the absence of solvents, short reaction times, and good yields. Correspondence: Marcos A. P. Martins, Núcleo de Química de Heterociclos – NUQUIMHE, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.     

Chemie polyfunktioneller Moleküle, 121. Mitt. Cyclopentadienylruthenium(II)-Komplexe desBis(diphenylphosphanyl)amins und -amids sowie des N,N-Bis(diphenylphosphanyl)-methylamins und -ethylamins

Summary This synthetic and structural work describes a series of half-sandwich cyclopentadienylruthenium(II) complexes containing the diphosphazane ligands [(C₆H₅)₂P]₂NR (R=H:Hdppa,1a;R=CH₃:dppma,1b;R=C₂H₅:dppea,1c;R=Li:Lidppa,1d). Treatment of1a, d with CpRuCl(PPh₃)₂ (Cp=⁵-C₅H₅, Ph=C₆H₅,2) in a molar ratio of 1:1 in boiling aromatic hydrocarbons affords the neutral complexes CpRuCl(Hdppa) (3) and CpRu(dppa)PPh₃ (6). The ionic complexes [CpRu(Ph₂P-NR-(PPh₂)PPh₃)Cl (R=CH₃:4a;R=C₂H₅:4b) are formed by the reaction of1b,c with2. One pot reactions of1a–c with2 in the presence of NH₄PF₆ in boiling CH₃OH give only the ionic compounds [CpRu(Ph₂P-NR-PPh₂)(PPh₃)]PF₆ (R=H, CH₃, C₂H₅;5a–c). The sulfur dioxide and hydride complexes [CpRu(Hdppa)¹-SO₂]Cl (7) and CpRu(H)Hdppa (8) are obtained by the interaction of3 with SO₂ or NaOCH₃. All compounds are characterized as far as possible by IR, Raman,³¹P{¹H} NMR,¹H NMR,¹³C{¹H} NMR, FD mass spectra, and their conductivity in CH₂Cl₂ solution. The X-ray crystal structures of3 and5a reveal that the P(1)-N(1)-P(2) angle of the coordinated ligand1a in both complexes is reduced to about 100° in comparison to free uncoordinated1a (119°). This small angle leads to a short P(1)–P(2) bond distance of 259.4 pm in3 and 254.3 pm in5a. The molecules of3 are connected by intermolecular (NH...Cl) hydrogen bridging bonds forming chains along thez axis of the unit cell. The crystals of5a contain two independent pairs of ions in the unit cell (Z=8). In5a no hydrogen bonds exist between the NH-groups and the PF ₆ ^– anions.

     

4,5-dihydro-6h-pyrrolo[1,2,3-d,e]quinoxalin-5-ones

The synthesis of 1-R¹-2-R²-8-R³-4,5-dihydro-6H-pyrrolo[1,2,3-d,e]quinoxalin-5-one derivatives (where R¹ = CH₃, C₂H₅; R² = CH₃, COOC₂H₅; R³ = H, CH₃, C₂H₅O, Cl, Br) is described. The physicochemical properties of these derivatives were also studied.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 839–841, June, 1979.     

Cubane derivatives

NewN,N′-bis- andN,N,N′, N′-tetrakis-hydroxyalkyl-substituted 1,4-cubanedicarboxamides were synthesized. Nitration of these compounds yielded the corresponding nitrates. The reaction of 1,4-cubanedicarboxylic acid dichloride with ethylene glycol mononitrate and glycerol dinitrate gave ester 1,4-[R¹R²CHOC(O)]₂C₈H₆, where R¹=H and R²=CH₂ONO₂; and R¹=R²=CH₂ONO₂, respectively. The cardiopharmacological activity of some of the synthesized compounds was determined. This allowed us to find for the first time cubane derivatives that exhibit this kind of biological activity. The antiischemic activity of one of these compounds,N,N′-bis(2-nitroxythyl)-1,4-cubanedicarboxdiamide, is higher than that of the well-known Nicorandil. For Part 2, see Ref. 1. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1169–1172, June, 1998.     

The influence of ligand substituents and donor atom sets on the gas phase electron attachment reactions of bis-chelates of nickel(II)

Electron attachment reactions and negative ion mass spectra which were obtained under negative chemical ionization conditions have been examined for a series of 21 nickel(II) bis-chelates of formula Ni[R¹CXCHCYR²]₂. Three ligand donor atom sets (X, Y), respectively O₄, O₂S₂, S₄ were investigated for each of the substituent combinations, viz.: R¹=CH₃, CF₃ or C₂H₅O, R²=CH₃; R¹=C₆H₅, CH₃ or CF₃, R²=C₆H₅; and R¹ = R² = tert?C₄H₉. While the ligand substituent combinations exerted considerable influence over the various ion decomposition reactions, the relative molecular ion stabilities were largely dependent on the ligand donor atom sets and followed the sequence O₄? O₂S₂>S₄ for most substituent combinations. Rationalizations are offered in terms of reductive electron capture reactions involving metal-based orbitals, as well as the increasing stabilities of reaction products as sulphur is incorporated into the ligand donor atom sets. A comparison is also given of negative ion mass spectral data obtained under electron impact conditions as well as negative chemical ionization conditions when methane was used as an electron energy moderating gas.     

An efficient synthesis of 1-cyanoacetyl-5-halomethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazoles in ionic liquid

The synthesis of eleven 1-cyanoacetyl-5-hydroxy-5-halomethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazoles from the reaction of 4-alkoxy-3-alken-2-ones f(R ³C(O)C(R ²) = C(R ¹)OR, where R ³ = CF₃, CCl₃, CHCl₂, CO₂ Et; R ²/R ¹ = H/H, H/Me, H/Et, -(CH₂)₄-, Me/H, H/Pr, and R = Me, Et) with cyanoacetohydrazide is reported. The reaction was carried out in the ionic liquid ([bmim][BF₄]) and molecular solvents. The results showed that when the ionic liquid was used as reaction medium, the reaction time was drastically decreased and the yield was improved.