Reactions of 1-aryl-2-bromo-3,4,4-trichlorobut-3-en-1-ones with some nucleophilic reagents

Reactions of 2-bromo-1-phenyl- and 2-bromo-1-(4-methylphenyl)-3,4,4-trichlorobut-3-en-1-ones with morpholine and diethylamine are accompanied by prototropic allylic rearrangement, leading to 3-amino-1-aryl-2-bromo-4,4-dichlorobut-2-en-1-ones as mixtures of E and Z isomers. The title compounds react with hydrazine, hydroxylamine, and thiourea to give the corresponding 5-aroyl-4-methoxypyrazoles, 3-aryl-5-hydroxyiminomethyl-4-methoxyisoxazoles, and 2-amino-4-aryl-5-trichlorovinylthiazoles.