Transformations of 5-methyl-2-phenyl-2,4-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one under various conditions of cyclopropyldiazonium generation

Cyclopropyldiazonium generated by basic decomposition of N-cyclopropyl-N-nitrosourea easily entered into an azo coupling reaction with 5-methyl-2-phenyl-2,4-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one (2) to give the corresponding cyclopropylhydrazone in up to 90% yield. Competitive processes occurring under the conditions of cyclopropyldiazonium generation by nitrosation of cyclopropylamine with butyl nitrite mainly include nitrosation of the starting pyrazolone 2. Subsequent transformations of the resulting heterocyclic 3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-4,5-dione 4-oxime yield 4-[cyclopropyl(oxido)imino]-5-methyl-2-phenyl-2,4-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2151–2155, December, 2006.