Abstract
N-Iminopyridinium ylide reacts with perfluoropropene (or 2H-pentafluoropropene) and perfluorobut-2-ene (or perfluorobut-2-yne) to provide 2-fluoro-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine and 2,3-bis(trifluoromethyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine, respectively; oxidation of these products with aqueous potassium permanganate gives the corresponding pyrazolecarboxylic acids. Perfluoro-(2-methylpent-2-ene) is attacked by N-iminopyridinium ylide to produce 2-(pentafluoroethyl)-3,3-bis(trifluoromethyl)-3,3a-dihydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine, which can be converted via thermal treatment with tetracyanoethylene into a mixture of 2-(pentafluoroethyl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine and 5-(dicyanomethylene)-2-(pentafluoroethyl)-3,3-bis(trifluoromethyl)-3,5-dihydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine. N-Iminoquinolinium ylide reacts with perfluoropropene, perfluorobut-2-ene, and perfluoropyridine in hot dimethylformamide in the presence of potassium carbonate to yield 2-fluoro-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]quinoline, 2,3-bis(trifluoromethyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]quinoline, and N-(tetrafluoro-4-pyridyl)iminoquinolinium ylide, respectively.

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