Syntheses and properties of H-1,2,3-triazoles

About twenty new H-1,2,3-triazoles (T) were readily synthesized by nucleophilic attack of sodium azide on activated acetylenes in dimethylformamide. Typical activating groups were COR, COOR, O₂NC₆H₄ PO(OC₂H₅, COT, and (C₆H₅)₃P⁺. Propynyl 4-triazolyl ketone or phenylethynyl 4-triazolyl ketone may be converted to acylic adducts (triazolylketoenamines), biheteroaromatic systems (isoxazolytriazoles, pyrazolytriazoles), as well as to ditriazolyl ketones. Certain T properties were examined in detail. The apparent pK′s for our group of ca 30 triazoles were in the range 4·95?9·45 in ethanol-water (v/v 1/1) at 25°. The Hammett correlation for five 4-aryl-T was log K_a = 0·89σ^? ?9·21 and for seven 4-aryl-5-carbethoxy-T was log K_a = 1·45σ?6·95. The UV spectra of T are similar to those of other heteroaromatic and phenyl compounds: interesting analogies between triazolyl and phenyl, e.g., ”ortho“ crowding effects, appear to be indicated in the spectra of compounds related to biphenyl, stilhene and benzophenone. With regard to structure assignment on the basis of spectra, characteristic features of UV and IR spectra of the H-1,2,3-triazoles are discussed.