Investigation of the reactions of 2-hydrazino-benzimidazoles with β-diketones: Synthesis of 2-(3,5-disubstituted- 1H-pyrazol-1-yl)benzimidazoles

Reaction of 2-hydrazinobenzimidazoles with β-diketones in neutral and acidic media revealed that 2-(3,5-disubstituted-1H-pyrazol-1-yi)benzimidazoles are formed in the former case, whereas hydrazones are obtained in acidic medium. Further the alkylation of > NH of the title compound was investigated. Characterisation of these products have been done by elemental analysis, ir, pmr, ¹⁹F nmr, ¹³C nmr and mass spectral studies.