Zn. Huang et Zm. Li, SYNTHESIS OF 5-MERCAPTOALKYLTHIOPYRAZOLYL-1,2,4-TRIAZOLE AND 3-MERCAPTOALKYLTHIOISOXAZOLYL-1,2,4-TRIAZOLE BY RING-CHAIN TRANSFORMATION, Synthetic communications, 26(16), 1996, pp. 3115-3120
Cyclic alpha-oxo-alpha-(1,2,4-triazolyl)ketene S,S-acetals 1a-e react
with hydrazine affording the substituted pyrazolyl-1,2,4-triazoles 3a-
e. With hydroxylamine hydrochloride under basic conditions the substit
uted isoxazolyl-1,2,4-triazoles 5a-c are obtained.