Synthesis of ethyl 3-oxopyrazolidine-4-carboxylates
Abstract
Ethyl 3-oxopyrazolidine-4-carboxylates are formed in reactions of hydrazine hydrate with αβ-unsaturated diesters or with β-anilino-diesters. The usefulness of the method is limited by the occurrence of other reactions, notably cleavage of the diesters (to malonohydrazide and the appropriate aldehyde azine); ethyl 3-hydroxypyrazole-4-carboxylate derivatives are also produced, subsequent to formation of the oxopyrazolidines.