Reactions of 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazole derivatives with alkylating agents. 5. Selective synthesis of 1,4-dialkyl-and 1,4,5-trialkyl-3-nitro-1,2,4-triazolium salts from 1-alkyl-and 4,5-dialkyl-3-nitro-1,2,4-triazoles and dialkyl sulfates

Interaction of N₍₁₎-alkyl-substituted 3-nitro-5-R-1,2,4-triazoles with dialkyl sulphates proceeds selectively and results in the respective salts of 1,4-dialkyl-, 1,4,5-trialkyl-3-nitro-1,2,4-triazoliums. The reaction of N₍₄₎-alkyl-substituted 3-nitro-5-R-1,2,4-triazoles yields the mixtures of the salts of 1,4-dialkyl-, 1,4,5-trialkyl-3-nitro-1,2,4-triazoliums and 1,4-dialkyl-, 1,3,4-trialkyl-1,2,4-triazol-5-ones with predominance of quaternary salts. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 927–934, June, 2007.