Formation of an unexpected 3,3-diphenyl-3H-indazole through a facile intramolecular [2 + 3] cycloaddition of the diazo intermediate

• Andrew T. King,
• Hugh G. Hiscocks,
• Lidia Matesic,
• Mohan Bhadbhade,
• Roger Bishop and
• Alison T. Ung

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1347–1354, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.134

• -butylnitrite, BTEAC and DABSO in the presence of CuCl2 provided an unexpected 3H-indazole product 8. The structure of the compound was determined by HRMS, IR, NMR and further confirmed by single crystal X-ray crystallography. The compound crystallises in the triclinic P-1 space group, with unit cell parameters

• OCH2–H···N interactions. In addition to these, there are Ar–H···H–Ar close contacts, (edge–edge and surrounding inversion centres) arranged as infinite tapes along the a direction. Keywords: Ar-H...H-Ar contact; [2 + 3] cycloaddition; diazo; 3H-indazole; X-ray structure; Introduction The use of

• . [12] (Scheme 1). Herein, we report the unexpected product derived from 5 under the reaction conditions described in Scheme 1. The unusual crystal packing present in this 3H-indazole product was also analysed. Results and Discussion The one-pot reaction of compound 5 with tert-BuONO and DABSO in the