The unreported 2-[E-3-(N,N-dimethylamino)acryloyl]-3-methyl-5,6diphenylimidazo[2,1-b]thiazole 3 was prepared via the reaction of 2-acetyl-3methyl-5,6-diphenylimidazo[2,1-b]thiazole 2 with dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal (DMF-DMA). Enaminone 3 underwent regioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with nitrilimines 5a-f, to afford the corresponding pyrazoles 7a-f.The reaction of 7a,d,g with hydrazine hydrate, afforded the pyrazolo[3,4d]pyridazines 8a-c, respectively. Enaminone 3 also reacted with a hydrazines, hydroxylamine hydrochloride, 5-aminopyrazole 11, 6-aminothiouracil 15 and hippuric acid 22. The structures of the newly synthesized compounds were confirmed by spectral data and elemental analyses.Enaminones are poly-dentate reagents that have been utilized extensively in this decade as building blocks in organic synthesis. 1-9 Furthermore, many enaminones were found to exhibit several biological activities as antitumor, antibacterial and anticonvulsant agents. 10,11 On the other hand, imidazoles possess important biological, pharmacological and therapeutic activities, 12,13 where midazoles are present in compounds that have antiasthmatic, 16 anti-inflammatory, 17 antiulcerative, 18 antithrombotic, 19 fungicidal 20 and herbicidal activities. 21 Furthermore, some imidazo[2,1b]thiazoles were active against various cancer cell lines. 22 Much interest has also been focused on the chemistry and anticonvulsant, analgesic, 23 antibacterial 24 and antisecretory 25 activities displayed by HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 85, No. 9, 2012 2291 1 2 3
Scheme 1Treatment of the enaminone 3 with nitrilimines 5a-m, [liberated in situ from the corresponding hydrazonyl halides 4a-m, respectively, with triethylamine in refluxing toluene], it afforded the 3,4disubstituted-1H-pyrazoles 7a-m, respectively (Schemes 2). The latter reaction products were assumed to be formed via initial 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the nitrilimines 5a-m to the activated double bond in compound 3 to afford the non-isolable cycloadducts 6a-m which undergoes loss of dimethylamine yielding the final pyrazole derivatives 7a-m. [44][45][46] The 1 H NMR spectra of the isolated products 7a-m revealed, in each case a singlet signal in the region of 8.40-8.72 ppm which indicates the presence of the pyrazole H-5 rather than H-4. This conclusion was further confirmed chemically by the reaction compounds 7a,d,g with hydrazine hydrate, to afford pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyridazines 8a-c, respectively (Scheme 2).