A Novel and Efficient Regiospecific Preparation of Arenesulfonamide Derivatives of 3,5-Diamino-1,2,4-triazole

Kelly Chibale; Jérôme Dauvergne; Paul G. Wyatt

doi:10.1055/s-2002-19793

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A Novel and Efficient Regiospecific Preparation of Arenesulfonamide Derivatives of 3,5-Diamino-1,2,4-triazole

Kelly Chibale*^a, Jérôme Dauvergne^a,, Paul G. Wyatt^b
^a Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
Fax: +27(21)6897499; e-Mail: chibale@science.uct.ac.za;
^b Department of Medicinal Chemistry, GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Research Centre, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Herts, SG1 2NY, U.K.

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A new simple and efficient procedure was designed for the regiospecific preparation of arenesulfonamide derivatives of 3,5-diamino-1,2,4-triazole 1 which are precursors of N-([1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-2-yl)arenesulfonamides 2, an important family of herbicidal and antibacterial agents. The key feature of this procedure is the preparation of a wide range of compounds 1 on a large scale, in pure form and high yield without the need for any workup or the use of the highly hazardous hydrazine. This was made possible by a novel tandem reaction promoted by sulfuryl chloride to effect the formation of the triazole ring.

Key words

triazole ring formation - heterocycles - cyclizations - tandem reactions - herbicidal agents

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