%0 Journal Article %T Regioselectivity in the multicomponent reaction of 5-aminopyrazoles, cyclic 1,3-diketones and dimethylformamide dimethylacetal under controlled microwave heating %A Kamal Usef Sadek %A Ramadan Ahmed Mekheimer %A Tahany Mahmoud Mohamed %A Moustafa Sherief Moustafa %J Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry %D 2012 %I %R 10.3762/bjoc.8.3 %X The multicomponent reaction of 5-aminopyrazole derivatives with cyclic 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and dimethylformamide dimethylacetal (DMFDMA) in DMF at 150 ˇăC under controlled microwave heating afforded regioselectively 8,9-dihydropyrazolo[1,5-a]quinazolin-6(7H)-ones 6 rather than the corresponding dihydropyrazolo[5,1-b]quinazolin-8(5H)-ones 4. %K aminopyrazoles %K dimedone %K DMFDMA %K regioselectivity %U http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.8.3