K. Kirschke et al., RING TRANSFORMATIONS OF 1-OXA-5,6-DIAZASP IRO[2.4]HEPT-6-EN-4-ONES INTO 4,5-DIHYDRO-4-HYDROXY-1H-PYRAZOLE-4-CARBOXYLIC ACID-DERIVATIVES, Liebigs Annalen der Chemie, (2), 1994, pp. 159-165
Spiro epoxides 3 were synthesized from 1H-pyrazol-5(4H) ones 1 by Knoe
venagel condensation with acetone or benzaldehyde and subsequent epoxi
dation of 2 with hydrogen per oxide. 3 reacts with nucleophiles under
ring transformation to 4,5-dihydro-4-hydroxy-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic
acid derivatives 5. In three cases the intermediate 6 was isolated. 5b
, c undergo by dehydrogenation with chloranil rearrangement to 4,5-dih
ydro-4-oxo-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylic acid derivatives 7b, c.