V. Kepe et al., 4-dimethylaminomethylene-2-pyrazinyl-5(4H)-oxazolone as a synthon for the synthesis of various pyrazoles and fused pyrimidines, HETEROCYCLE, 50(1), 1999, pp. 315-322
4-Dimethylaminomethylene-2-pyrazinyl-5(4H)-oxazolone (2) has been synthesiz
ed and transformed into various 1,4-disubstituted 1,2-dihydro-5H-pyrazol-5-
ones (6) and fused pyrimidinones (8) by the reaction with selected hydrazin
es (5) and aminoheterocycles (7). Products (6) and (8) have also been prepa
red from methyl 3-dimethylamino-2-(pyrazinylcarbonylamino)propenoate (3) an
d nitrogen-containing nucleophiles (5) or (7).