Reactions of 2-aryl-4-arylidene-4H-oxazol-5-ones with 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole, 5-aminotetrazole,and 2-aminobenzimidazole

The reactions of 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole, 5-aminotetrazole, and 2-aminobenzimidazole with 2-aryl-4-arylidene-4H-oxazol-5-ones (azlactones) were studied. The electron-releasing properties of the azole ring were demonstrated to influence the reaction pathway of azlactones with aminoazoles. The structures of the resulting compounds were established by ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy using spin-spin decoupling and the nuclear Overhauser effect.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2730–2733, December, 2004.