F. Pozgan et al., 4-Acylhydrazinomethylene-2-phenyloxazol-5(4H)-ones as acylating agents: Synthesis of salicylanilides and 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazines, HETEROCYCLE, 54(2), 2001, pp. 1011
A simple and general method for the acylation of an amino or hydrazino grou
p by the application of hydrazides has been developed. It starts from hydra
zides (2), which are converted with 4-ethoxymethylene-2-phenyloxazol-5 (4H)
-one (1) to the corresponding 4-acylhydrazinomethylene-2-phenyloxazol-5(4H)
-ones (3). The latter react with nitrogen-containing nucleophiles in 1,4-di
oxane in the presence of triethylamine or zirconium(IV) chloride to give th
e corresponding amides (7) or mixtures of hydrazides (12) and 1,2,4-triazol
o[4,3-b]pyridazines (11). Upon prolonged heating, compounds (11) are the ma
in products.