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Improved Regioselectivity in Pyrazole Formation through the Use of Fluorinated Alcohols as Solvents: Synthesis and Biological Activity of Fluorinated Tebufenpyrad Analogs.
Document Type
Article
Source
Journal of Organic Chemistry. 5/2/2008, Vol. 73 Issue 9, p3523-3529. 7p. 2 Charts, 1 Graph.
Subject
*PYRAZOLES
*ALCOHOLS (Chemical class)
*FLUORINATION
*ORGANOFLUORINE compounds
*ORGANIC solvents
*ORGANIC synthesis
Language
ISSN
0022-3263
Abstract
The preparation of N-methylpyrazoles is usually accomplished through reaction of a suitable 1,3-diketone with methylhydrazine in ethanol as the solvent. This strategy, however, leads to the formation of regioisomeric mixtures of N-methylpyrazoles, which sometimes are difficult to separate. We have determined that the use of fluorinated alcohols such as 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) and 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP) as solvents dramatically increases the regioselectivity in the pyrazole formation, and we have used this modification in a straightforward synthesis of fluorinated analogs of Tebufenpyrad with acaricide activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]