Thermal cyclization of (2-Ethynylphenyl)triazenes: facile synthesis of substituted cinnolines and isoindazoles

High-temperature intramolecular cyclization of N, N-dialkyl-N'-(4-substituted-2-ethynylphenyl)triazenes provides under neutral conditions both 6-substituted cinnolines and 5-substituted isoindazoles in moderate to excellent yields.