Indazole is an amphoteric molecule which can be protonated to an indazolium cation or deprotonated to an indazolate anion. The corresponding pKa values are 1.04 for the equilibrium between indazolium cation and indazole and 13.86 for the equilibrium between indazole and indazolate anion.[2]
Indazole derivatives display a broad variety of biological activities.
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Synthesis: Stadlbauer, W. (2002). "Product Class 2: 1H- and 2H-Indazoles". In Neier; Bellus (eds.). Category 2, Hetarenes and Related Ring Systems. Science of Synthesis. Houben-Weyl. doi:10.1055/sos-SD-012-00277. ISBN9783131122711.
Review: Schmidt, Andreas; Beutler, Ariane; Snovydovych, Bohdan (2008). "Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Indazoles". European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2008 (24): 4073–4095. doi:10.1002/ejoc.200800227.