Reactions of dimethyl and di-tert-butyl 2-aryl-4-hydroxy-4-methyl-6-oxocyclohexane-1,3-dicarboxylates with difunctional nucleophiles

The nature of the alkyl group in the ester moieties of dimethyl and di-tert-butyl 2-aryl-4-hydroxy-4-methyl-6-oxocyclohexane-1,3-dicarboxylates affects the direction of their reactions with difunctional nucleophiles. The dimethyl esters react with hydrazine hydrate to give the corresponding tetrahydroindazoles, while their tert-butyl analogs are converted under similar conditions into 6-hydrazones. Reactions of both dimethyl and di-tert-butyl 6-oxocyclohexane-1,3-dicarboxylates with hydroxylamine lead to formation of 6-hydroxyimino derivatives.Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 74, No. 10, 2004, pp. 1687–1691.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by V. Gein, N. Gein, Potemkin, Krivenko.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected cover date.