Avila B.; El-Dakdouki M.H.; Nazer M.Z.; Harrison J.G.; Tantillo D.J.; Haddadin M.J.; Kurth M.J.
(OXFORDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2012)
The Davis-Beirut reaction, which provides an efficient synthesis of 2H-indazoles and, subsequently, indazolones, is shown to proceed rapidly from o-nitrosobenzaldehyde and primary amines under both acid and base catalysis. ...