An efficient route to substituted 1-aryl-1H-indazoles has been developed and optimized. The method involved the preparation of arylhydrazones from acetophenone or benzaldehyde substituted by fluorine at C2 and nitro at C5, followed by deprotonation and nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) ring closure in 45-90%. Modification of this procedure to a one-pot domino process was successful in t...

Several heterocyclic bioactive fluorescent 3-alkyl-3H-pyrazolo[4,3-a]acridin-11-carbonitriles were conveniently synthesized from the reaction of 1-alkyl-1H-indazoles with different aryl acetonitrile in basic methanol solution in good yields. The interactions of 3H-pyrazolo[4,...

To search for novel compounds with potent anti-angiogenic activity, a series of N(1)-(substituted benzyl)-3-(4-methylphenyl)-1H-indazoles (16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32) and N(2)-(substituted benzyl)-3-(4-methylphenyl)-2H-indazoles (17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, and 33) were synthesized. The structures of these regioisomers were established by IR, UV, and NMR spectral data. 3-(4-Methylph...

The structures of three NH-indazoles (3-methyl, 3-trifluoromethyl and 3-trifluoromethyl-4,5,6,7tetrafluoroindazoles) have been determined by X-ray crystallography. These three compounds, together with 3-methyl-4,5,6,7-tetrafluoroindazole, whose X-ray structure could not be determined, have been studied using multinuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, including solid-state CPMAS. They all are...

The reaction of readily accessible 1,1-dialkylhydrazones with commercially available o-(trimethylsilyl)aryl triflates provides a direct one-step route to pharmaceutically important 1-alkylindazoles. The products are obtained in high yields by one-pot NCS-chlorination/aryne annulation or Ac(2)O-acylation/deprotection/aromatization protocols.

A strategy involving palladium-catalyzed cyclization of halo-phenyl hydrazones and aryl isocyanates provides a convenient approach to the synthesis of 1,3,4-benzotriazepines (4) or 1-arylamide-1H-indazoles (5) in good isolated yields. Microwave irradiation was found to afford high reaction efficiency, while the choice of halophenyl hydrazone had an effect on the pathway of the reaction.

A new method for the synthesis of 1H-indazoles from readily available N-tosylhydrazones and nitroaromatic compounds has been developed. This transformation occurs under transition-metal-free conditions and shows a wide substrate scope. The method has been successfully applied to the formal synthesis of a bioactive compound, WAY-169916.