Cyclisation reactions of 1-aryl-3-diazoalkenes: a new rearrangement of 3H-pyrazoles to 3H-1,2-benzodiazepines
Abstract
1-Aryl-2-(1-diazoethyl)cyclopentenes (7) are the first 1-aryl-3-diazoalkenes to undergo both 1,5- and 1,7- cyclisation to give 3H-pyrazoles and 3H-1,2-benzo-diazepines; the strained pyrazoles (8) undergo a ring expansion to the benzodiazepines (9) rather than a thermal van Alphen rearrangement.