The synthesis of fused and pendant pyrazole heterocyclic compounds from 5-amino-3-methyl-1-phenylpyrazole and their evaluation as fluorescent brightening agents

5-Amino-3-methyl-1-phenylpyrazole ( 1 ) has been condensed with EMME ( 2 a) and EMCA ( 2 b) and the resulting ethyl 5-aminoacrylates ( 3 a–b) cyclized to pyrazolo3,4,-b]pyridines ( 4 a–b). 3-Methyl-1-phenylpyrazol-5-yl diazonium salt ( 7 ), prepared from ( 1 ) was coupled with tobias acid ( 8 ) and 2-methoxy-6-aminoquinoxaline ( 9 ) to get the corresponding O-aminoarylazo and heterylazo dyes ( 10 ) which were oxidatively cyclized to 2-N-(3-methyl-1-N-phenylpyrazol-5-yl)-1,2,3-triazolo4,5-a] naphthalene and 4,5-f] quinoxaline derivative ( 11 ). The spectral properties of the compounds ( 4 a–b, 5 , 6 , 11 a–b) were studied.