Synlett 2014; 25(17): 2475-2479
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1379041
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Substituent Effects and Structural Features of α,α-Dicyanoolefins and Ketene Dithioacetals on Directing Polyfunctionalized 2,6-Dicyanoanilines or Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridines

Abdolali Alizadeh*
Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box 14115-175, Tehran, Iran   Fax: +98(21)88006544   Email: abdol_alizad@yahoo.com   Email: aalizadeh@modares.ac.ir
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Seyed Yasub Hosseini
Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box 14115-175, Tehran, Iran   Fax: +98(21)88006544   Email: abdol_alizad@yahoo.com   Email: aalizadeh@modares.ac.ir
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Amir Hossein Vahabi
Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box 14115-175, Tehran, Iran   Fax: +98(21)88006544   Email: abdol_alizad@yahoo.com   Email: aalizadeh@modares.ac.ir
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Publication History

Received: 15 June 2014

Accepted after revision: 06 August 2014

Publication Date:
10 September 2014 (online)

Abstract

An efficient and facile synthesis of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine and polyfunctionalized 2,6-dicyanoaniline derivatives via vinylogous Michael addition of cyclic or acyclic α,α-dicyanoolefins to electron-deficient ketene dithioacetals in the presence of hydrazine at room temperature is described. The prominent feature of this one-pot procedure is an apparent dichotomy in the nature of products, which is dictated by the structure and functionality of substrates.

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