Pyridazine derivatives R 0500Synthesis of Dimethyl 1-(Hetero)aryl-4-oxo-1,4-dihydropyridazine-3,5-dicarboxylates from Dimethyl 3-Oxopentane-1,5-dioates. -Two reaction pathways lead to the dihydropyridazine derivatives (V). The first one involves the formation of hydrazones (III), which on treatment with dimethylformamide dimethylacetal (IV) yield the corresponding (dimethylamino)methylidene derivatives as intermediates, which immediately cyclize under the reaction conditions to give the targets (V). According to the second method, (I) is at first treated with (IV) and then reacted with diazonium salts (II) to give the same intermediates, which are cyclized without isolation into the final products (Va)-(Vd). -(PAHOVNIK, D.; URSIC, U.; GROSELJ, U.; MEDEN, A.; SVETE, J.; STANOVNIK*, B.