W. Nagai et al., STRUCTURES OF ABNORMAL-ADDITION AND NORMAL-ADDITION 1-PYRAZOLINES PRODUCED FROM 2-CYANO-3,3-DI-(OR MONO)-SUBSTITUTED-ACRYLATES WITH DIAZOALKANES, Journal of heterocyclic chemistry, 31(1), 1994, pp. 225-231
Reactions of methyl 2-cyano-3-methyl-3-(substituted-phenyl)acrylates (
1) with 1-phenyldiazoethane (2) produced the stable abnormal-addition
1-pyrazolines, AP, 4 [1]. The structure of cis-syn-4a (X = NO2) was de
termined by X-ray crystallography. Thermal decomposition of 4 results
in ''true cycloreversion'' to the starting materials. Stereochemistry
and decomposition of the normal-addition 1-pyrazolines, NP, produced i
n situ from 2-cyano-3-(p-substituted-phenyl)acrylates and diazoalkanes
, are also discussed.