V. Kepe et al., A convenient synthesis of methyl 3-phenylhydrazono-2-(2-pyrazinylcarbonylamino)propanoates and their conversion to substituted pyrazol-5(2H)-ones, HETEROCYCLE, 52(1), 2000, pp. 443-450
Methyl 3-dimethylamino-2-(2-pyrazinylcarbonylamino)propenoate (1) was trans
formed into substituted methyl 3-phenylhydrazono-2-(2-pyrazinylcarbonylamin
o)propanoates (3) by treatment with various substituted phenylhydrazine hyd
rochlorides (2) in methanol. In contrast, heating of 1 and 2 in 1-butanol y
ielded 1,4-disubstituted pyrazol-5(2H)-ones (4). The latter can also be obt
ained upon heating of 3 in acetic acid.