Four types of
N-heterocyclic ring systems were successfully constructed from the reactions of 1-alkynylFischer carbene complexes (OC)
5M=C(OEt)C
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CPh (
1) (M = Cr, W) and substituted pyrazolinones(
2). Reactions of
1 with 3-methyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one (
2a), 3-
n-propyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one (
2b), 3,4-dimethyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one (
2c), 3,4-trimethylene-2-pyrazolin-5-one (
2d), or 3,4-tetramethylene-2-pyrazolin-5-one (
2e) generated three kinds of Fischer aminocarbene complexes (
3-
5), and reactions of
1 with phenyl-substituted pyrazolinones, i.e., 3-phenyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one (
2f) and its tautomer 3-phenyl-3-pyrazolin-5-one (
2g), gave Fischer alkoxycarbene complexes (
6) as the major products and aminocarbene complexesof types
3-
5 as the minor products. Multiple tautomerism of pyrazolinones is attributed to the versatileformation of
N-heterocyclic Fischer carbene complexes. Oxidative demetalation of complexes
3-
6 withpyridine
N-oxide or
m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid efficiently afforded organic carbonyl products, and thus,strongly fluorescent
syn-mixed-bimanes were prepared. The present findings constitute an alternativenew method to synthesize mixed bimanes and other novel
N-heterocyclic compounds.