Novel Synthesis of Some Phthalazinone Derivatives

Dimethyl homophthalate condensed with isatin to give the unexpected five membered lactone 3 rather than the half ester 1 and the β-lactone 2. Treatment of compound 3 with excess hydrazine hydrate afforded phthalazinone carbohydrazide 4 which represents a novel method for the synthesis of phthalazinone derivatives. The carhohy- drazide 4 upon treatment with carbon disulphide afforded 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivative 5, which reacted with ethyl- chloroacetate to give the S-alkylated product 6. The structure of compound 3 compared with 2 was discussed using hyperchem professional （7） AM1 calculations, X-ray single crystal structure and complete spectral data.