Mm. El-abadelah et al., Synthesis and properties of alpha-thiagra. A substituted 5-(2-thienyl)pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidin-7-one bioisostere of viagra (R), HETEROCYCLE, 53(12), 2000, pp. 2643
For structure-activity manipulations, the compound alpha -thiagra (3), a th
iophene bioisostere of viagra(R), has been prepared and its X-Ray structure
determined. The crystallographic data show that the thiophene and pyrazolo
[4,3-d]pyrimidone hetero-ring systems are nearly coplanar by virtue of an a
dequate intramolecular hydrogen-bond between the pyrimidone NH and the oxyg
en lone pair of the 3'-ethoxy group.