Heterocyclic compounds from 2-(alkoxycarbonylcyanomethylene)-1,3-dioxolanes

2-(Alkoxycarbonylcyanomethylene)-1,3-dioxolanes reacted with hydrazines and hydroxylamine to yield 1-substituted 4-alkoxycarbonyl-5-amino-3-(2′-hydroxyethoxy)pyrazoles and 4-alkoxycarbonyl-5-amino-3-(2′-hydroxyethoxy)isoxazoles respectively. With guanidine and benzamidine 2-substituted (R = NH₂, C₆H₅) 5-cyano-6-(2′-hydroxyethoxy)pyrimidin-4-ones were obtained. Reaction of 2-(cyanomethoxycarbonylmethylene)-1,3-dioxolane with 1,3-diaminopropane afforded 2-(cyanomethoxycarbonylmethylene)-1,3-hexahydro-pyrimidine whereas treatment of the same compound with 4,5-dimethyl-1,2-phenylenediamine gave 2-(cyanomethoxycarbonylmethylene)-5,6-benzimidazoline. The structures of pyrazoles and pyrimidones were assigned on the basis of ¹H-{¹H} and ¹³C-{¹H}-nOe experiments.