HETEROCYCLIZATIONS OF 2-ARYL-3-ARYLAMINO-4,4,4-TRIFLUORO-2-BUTENENITRILE HYDRATES TO 3-ARYL-2-TRIFLUOROMETHYL-4-QUINOLONES AND TO LE-3-SPIRO-2'-(3'-ARYL-3'-TRIFLUOROMETHYL)OXIRANES
T. Nishiwaki et al., HETEROCYCLIZATIONS OF 2-ARYL-3-ARYLAMINO-4,4,4-TRIFLUORO-2-BUTENENITRILE HYDRATES TO 3-ARYL-2-TRIFLUOROMETHYL-4-QUINOLONES AND TO LE-3-SPIRO-2'-(3'-ARYL-3'-TRIFLUOROMETHYL)OXIRANES, Journal of fluorine chemistry, 73(1), 1995, pp. 41-46
-Aryl-3-arylamino-4,4,4-trifluoro-2-butenenitriles were obtained as hy
drates from 3-oxo-2-aryl-4,4,4-trifluorobutyronitrile and anilines and
their structure and heterocyclizations studied. Cyclization with poly
phosphoric acid gave poor yields of 3-aryl-2-trifluoromethyl-4-quinolo
nes, but they underwent an interesting cyclization with diazomethane t
o give a 25%-40% yield of -pyrazole-3-spiro-2'-(3'-trifluoromethyl)oxi
ranes. However, the related reaction with diazoethane yielded only ary
l(arylhydrazono)acetonitriles and other fragmentation products.