6-Amino-3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazine-5-carboxamide

Abstract

In the title compound, C13H12N6O, the pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazine ring system is planar (r.m.s. deviation for the nine fitted atoms = 0.024 Å) and makes a dihedral angle of 5.72 (6)° with the pendent phenyl ring. The molecular conformation is stabilized by intramolecular N—H...O and C—H...N hydrogen bonds, each generating anS(6) loop. In the crystal, pairs of molecules are connected into inversion dimers by strong N—H...O hydrogen bonds, formingR22(8) ring motifs. These are linked into sheets parallel to (100)viaN—H...N hydrogen bonds; π–π interactions between symmetry-related pyrazole and phenyl rings [centroid–centroid distances = 3.4453 (9) Å] within the sheets are also noted.