title: N-aminopyrroledione-hydrazonoketene-pyrazolium oxide-pyrazolone rearrangements and pyrazolone tautomerism.
abstract: Flash vacuum thermolysis (FVT) of 1-(dimethylamino)pyrrole-2,3-diones 5 causes extrusion of CO with formation of transient hydrazonoketenes 7. The transient ketenes 7 are observable in the form of weak bands at 2130 (7a) or 2115 cm-1 (7b) in the Ar matrix IR spectra resulting from either FVT or photolysis of either 5 or 1,1-dimethylpyrazolium-5-oxides 8, and these absorptions are in excellent agreement with B3LYP/6-31G* frequency calculations. Under FVT conditions the ketenes 7 cyclize to pyrazolium oxides 8, which undergo 1,4-migration of a methyl group to yield 1,4-dimethyl-3-phenylpyrazole-5(4H)-one 9a and 1,4,4-trimethyl-3- phenylpyrazole-5(4H)-one 9b. All three tautomers of 9a have been characterized, viz. the CH form 9a (most stable form in the gas phase, the solid state and solvents of low polarity), the OH form 9a' (metastable solid at room temperature) and the NH form 9a" (stable in aprotic dipolar solvents). The isomeric 1,4-dimethyl-5-phenylpyrazole-3(2H)- one 12 tautomerizes to the 3-hydroxypyrazole 12'. The crystal structure of the hydrochloride 14 of 9a'/9a" is reported, representing the first structurally characterised example of a protonated 5-hydroxypyrazole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Sieglinde
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ebner
authors.forename: Bianca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wallfisch
authors.forename: John
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authors.lastname: Andraos
authors.forename: Ilyas
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authors.lastname: Aitbaev
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiselewsky
authors.forename: Paul V
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authors.lastname: Bernhardt
authors.forename: Gert
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authors.lastname: Kollenz
authors.forename: Curt
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authors.lastname: Wentrup