@article{
author = "Markovic, Violeta and Marković, Svetlana and Janicijevic, Ana and Rodić, Marko V. and Leovac, Vukadin and Todorović, Nina and Trifunović, Snežana and Joksovic, Milan D.",
year = "2013",
abstract = "A study on the synthesis and mechanistical aspects of formation of 3-methyl-5-oxo-3-pyrazolin-1-carboxamide (MOPC) starting from S-methylisothiosemicarbazide hydrogen iodide and methyl acetoacetate was performed. In the alkaline aqueous solution, the intermediate methyl acetoacetate S-methylisothiosemicarbazone undergoes substitution of CH3S- anion by hydroxide anion, cyclization, carbanion formation, and elimination of methanol, thus yielding corresponding Na-enolate salt of pyrazol-5-one derivative. The structure of the compound obtained after protonation of the formed enolate salt was determined by means of spectroscopic techniques and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The mechanism of conversion of methyl acetoacetate S-methylisothiosemicarbazone into MOPC was investigated by means of the B3LYP functional, and it was found that the reaction is thermodynamically controlled.",
publisher = "Springer/Plenum Publishers, New York",
journal = "Structural Chemistry",
title = "Mechanistic investigation and DFT calculation of the new reaction between S-methylisothiosemicarbazide and methyl acetoacetate",
volume = "24",
number = "6",
pages = "2127-2136",
doi = "10.1007/s11224-013-0223-3"
}