Synthesis of alkyl 1-(substituted pyridin-2-yl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carboxylates by 'ring switching transformation of 4-oxo-4H-pyridino[1,2-a] pyrimidine-3-diazonium tetrafluoroborates
S. Recnik et al., Synthesis of alkyl 1-(substituted pyridin-2-yl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carboxylates by 'ring switching transformation of 4-oxo-4H-pyridino[1,2-a] pyrimidine-3-diazonium tetrafluoroborates, HETEROCYCLE, 53(8), 2000, pp. 1793
Substituted 3-amino-4-oxo-4H-pyridino[1,2-a]pyrimidines (6, 7), available i
n 2 steps from methyl 2-benzyloxycarbonylamino-3-dimethylamino-propenoate (
3) and 2-aminopyridines (1, 2), were diazotized into stable diazonium tetra
fluoroborates (8, 9). Heating of diazonium salts (8, 9) with primary alcoho
ls furnished alkyl 1-(substituted pyridin-2-yl)-1H-1,2,3-triazoles (11, 12)
in 30-70% yields.