FORMATION OF (2-AMINOPHENYL)-5-ETHOXY-4-METHYL-3-PHENYLPYRAZOLE AND 3-METHYL-2-PHENYLPYRAZOLO[5,1-B]BENZIMIDAZOLE VIA AN UNUSUAL BENZOTRIAZOLE RING-OPENING
Ar. Katritzky et al., FORMATION OF (2-AMINOPHENYL)-5-ETHOXY-4-METHYL-3-PHENYLPYRAZOLE AND 3-METHYL-2-PHENYLPYRAZOLO[5,1-B]BENZIMIDAZOLE VIA AN UNUSUAL BENZOTRIAZOLE RING-OPENING, Himia geterocikliceskih soedinenij, (6), 1996, pp. 775-780
Successive treatment of N-[(1-ethoxy)alken-2-yl]benzotriazoles with bu
tyllithium and trimethylchlorosilane in THF at -78 degrees C followed
by refluxing in acidic acetone generated ring-opened (2-aminophenyl)-5
-ethoxy-4-methyl-3-phenylpyrazole (VIII) and 3-methyl-2-phenylpyrazolo
[5,1-b]benzimidazole (IX).