Source of materialAs olutiono f4 -acetyl-5-methyl-2-p-tolyl-2,4-dihydro-pyrazol-3-one (1.00 g, 4.3mmol) in methanol (30 mL) was addedtoanother solution of 5-methyl-4-phenyl-thiazol-2-ylamine (0.83 g, 4.3 mmol) in methanol (20 mL) under an inert atmosphere. The reaction mixture was refluxed for two hours. Completion of the reaction was monitored by thin layer chromatography (TLC) usinghexane/ethylacetate (7:3). The reaction was allowed to cool to room temperature and then stirred overnight. Ayellow precipitate formed whichw as then filtered and washed with methanol (10 mL). The crude product was purified by crystallization from ethanol yielding brown crystals. (1.38 g, 79% yield). M.p. =495-496 K. Crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction were obtained by slow evaporation of asolution of the title compound in amixture of dichloromethane and hexane at room temperature.
Experimental detailsAll Hatomswere positioned geometrically and allowed to ride on their respective parent atoms.A ll Ha toms were refined isotropically. Thea bsorpton correction was based on fitting a function to the empirical transmission surface as sampled by multiple equivalent measurements [18]. . In thisreport we demonstrate that this is also the dominant isomerinthe solid phase. This phenomenon has been reported for derivatives of the samegeneral family of molecules [15][16][17]. The diffraction data revealed an intramolcularhydrogen bond N3-H3A···O1 2.6445(13) Å (Fig.).
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