2- amino-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine

Chlorination of 2-amino-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine in aqueous acetic acid at about 40° has been shown to give 5-chloro-2-chloroamino-3-methoxycarbonyl-pyrazine and thence 2-amino-5-chloro-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine (150, 378a, 432a, 778-787), but in the presence of polar aprotic solvents (such as acetonitrile and dichloroethane) at temperatures between room temperature and reflux it gave 2-amino-5,6 -dichloro-3 -me thoxycarbonyIpyrazine (788). 

Bromination of 2-amino-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine in acetic acid gave 2-amino-5-bromo-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine (787, 798) and the 2-methylamino analogue... 

Ellingson and Henry (798) first showed that 2-amino-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine... 

Hydroxymethylpyrazines may be prepared by reduction of carboxylic acid derivatives. Thus reduction of 2-amino-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine with lithium aluminum hydride in tetrahydrofuran gave 2-amino-3-hydroxymethylpyrazine (1074, 1075) the imide from 23-dicarboxypyrazine (20) with sodium borohydride in tetrahydrofuran gave 2-carbamoyl-3-hydroxymethylpyrazine (21), and the methylcarbamoyl analogue was prepared similarly (1076). 

Aminopyrazine was oxidized by hydrogen peroxide in acetic acid at 20° to 3-aminopyrazine 1 -oxide and at 50° for 15 hours to 2-aininopyrazine 1,4-dioxide (51%) (also obtained by similar oxidation of 3-aminopyrazine 1-oxide) (1189). m-Chloroperoxybenzoic acid was also used for the oxidation of 2-aminopyrazine to its 1-oxide (1258). The following aminopyrazine TV-oxides have been prepared by oxidation (reagent and conditions) 2-amino-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine 1-oxide (m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid in chloroform at reflux) (880, 1222) 2-amino-5-chloro-3-methoxycarbonyl(and methylcarbamoyl)pyrazine 1-oxide (m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid in chloroform at reflux) (1222) 2-amino-5-bromo-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine 1-oxide (wperoxyacetic acid) (906) 2-amino-3-bromo-5,6-dimethylpyrazine 1-oxide (peroxyacetic acid) (907) and 2,3-bis(pyridin-2 -yl)pyrazine 1,4-dioxide (hydrogen peroxide in sulfuric acid at room temperature) (754). 

Amino-3-carboxypytazine with boron trifluoride etherate and methanol at reflux gave 2-amino-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine (this is claimed to be a mild esterifying agent and does not affect other functional groups) (1328). 

Amino-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine with urea in the presence of sodium hydride in dimethylformamide at — 15° gave 2-amino-3-ureidocarbonylpyrazine (1152, 1322). The reaction was also applied to the following pyrazines 2-amino-5-chloro-3-methoxy carbonyl (1152) 2,6-diamino-3-chloro-5-methoxycarbonyl (1380) 2-amino-5-chloro-3-methoxycarbonyl-6-methylamino (1380) 2-amino-5-chloro-6-dimethylamino(and other dialkylamino)-3-methoxycarbonyl (1152) and 2-amino-5-chloro-3-methoxycarbonyl-6-methylthio (1152). The preparation of ureidocarbonylpyrazines from A -cyanamides has been described in Section 2C(2)(d). 

Alkoxycarbonylpyrazines have been oxidized to alkoxycarbonylpyrazine Af-oxides as follows 2-ethoxycarbonylpyrazine with perhydrol gave 3-ethoxy-carbonylpyrazine 1-oxide (575) 2-amino-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine refluxed with m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid in chloroform gave 2-amino-3-methoxycarbonyl-pyrazine 1-oxide (876,880,1222) the 5-bromo (808, 877,878, 1222) and 5-chloro (875, 876, 879, 1222) derivatives were prepared similarly and some 3-ethoxy-carbonylpyrazine 1-oxides have been prepared by oxidation (reagent not stated) of... 

Amino-3-hydroxypyrazine with phosphoryl bromide at 140-150° for 20 minutes gave 2-amino-3-bromopyrazine (807) and 2-hydroxy-6-methoxycarbonyl-pyrazine with phosphoryl bromide at 125° for 10 minutes gave 2-bromo-6-methoxycarbonylpyrazine (867). 

Bromo-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine with 2,3-dimethylaniline in refluxing toluene gave 2-(2, 3 -dimethylphenyl)amino-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine (950) [hydrolysis of this product with sodium hydroxide in ethanol gave 2-carboxy-3-(2, 3 -dimethylphenyl)aminopyrazine, which was also obtained by treatment of l-(2, 3 -dimethylphenyl)lumazine with sodium hydroxide in refluxing ethanol (950)]. 3-Bromo-2-hydroxy-5-phenylpyrazine with ammonium hydroxide and copper at 150° gave 3-amino-2-hydroxy-5-phenylpyrazine (365a). Replacement of the iodo substituent from 2-amino-5-iodo-3,6-dimethylpyrazine has been effected with ammonium hydroxide (887). 

Amino-2prepared from 2-amino-3-cyanopyrazine 1-oxide by reflux with acetic acid-acetic anhydride followed by ready deacetylation by refluxing in methanol (538), and in a similar manner 3-amino-2-ethoxycarbonyl-5-hydroxypyrazine has been prepared from 2-amino-3-ethoxycarbonylpyrazine 1 -oxide through 3-acetamido-2-ethoxycarbonyl-5 ydroxy-pyrazine (538), and 2-amino-3-carbamoyl-6-hydroxy-5-methylpyrazine from 2-amino-3-cyano-5-methylpyrazine 1-oxide (538). The preparation of 24 ydroxy-6-methoxycarbonylpyrazine (10) has been claimed from 3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine 1-oxide with acetic anhydride followed by hydrolysis (1057) [cf. Nov Cek et al. (839), who claim it to be the 5-isomer, and Foks (744)]. 

Methoxypyrazines (31) have been prepared by diazomethane methylation of 2-hydroxy-3-isobutylpyrazine (60, 311, 367), 2-hydroxy-3-isopropylpyrazine (59, 367), 2-hydroxy-3-propyl(ethyl or hexyl)pyrazine (367), 3-hydroxy-2-isobutyl-5(and 6)methylpyrazine and 2-hydroxy-3-isobutyl-5,6-dimethylpyrazine (368), 2,3-dihydroxypyrazine (832), 2-hydroxy-5-methoxy- and 2,5-dihydroxy-3,6-diphenyl-pyrazine (832), 2-hydroxy-6-methoxy(and benzyloxy)pyrazine (832), 2,6-dihydroxy-3,5-diphenylpyrazine (873), 2,3,5-trifluoro-6-hydroxypyrazine (851), 2-chloro-6-hydroxy-3,5-diphenylpyrazine (873), 2-chloro-6-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-phenylpyrazine (873), 2-chloro-6-hydroxy-3-methyl-5-phenylpyrazine (873), 5,6-dichloro-1 -cyclohexyl-34iydroxy-2-oxo-l, 2-dihydropyrazine (853), 2-chloro-5-hydroxy-3-methoxy-6-methoxycarbonylpyrazine (881), 2-(4 -amino-3, 5 -dibromo-phenylsulfonamido)-3Tiydroxy-6-methoxypyrazine (881), 2-amino-3-hydroxy-... 

Diazotization of 2-amino-3-alkoxycarbonylpyrazine foDowed by treatment with alcohols gave 2-alkoxy-3-alkoxycarbonylpyrazines (890) and 2-amino-5with methanol formed 5-chloro-2-methoxy-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine (799,892). 

When 2-amino-5-chloro-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine was refluxed with aniline and concentrated hydrochloric acid in acetone for 16 hours, the anil, 5-anilino-2-isopropylideneamino-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine (22) was formed (432, 778, 780), and 2-amino-5-chloro-3-methoxycarbonyl-6-(l -methylhydrazino)pyrazine with benzaldehyde in ethanol gave 2-amino-6-(2 -benzylidene-r-methylhydrazino)-5-chloro-3-methylcarbonylpyrazine (23) (809). A series of hydrazones has been prepared by refluxing equimolar quantities of 2-hydrazinopyrazine and carbonyl compounds in the presence of catalytic quantities of p-toluenesulfonic acid in benzene (1195). Other preparations of similar hydrazones have been described (1196). 

The diazotization of aminopyrazines has been described in earlier sections. Section V.IH records the preparation of 2-fluoropyrazine from 2-aminopyrazine in fluoroboric acid containing copper powder with sodium nitrite (882, 884) and Section V.ll the preparation of iodopyrazines from some aminopyrazines via isodiazotate salts (30) (887). These salts were assigned the isodiazotate structure, on the basis of their inability to couple with 0-naphthol in alkaline solution (887) and they were characterized by hydrolysis in cold 40% aqueous sulfuric acid to the hydroxypyrazine (887). Section V.I K describes the conversion of aminopyrazines to bromopyrazines (798, 800, 807, 890-892) for example, 2-amino-3-methoxy-carbonylpyrazine with hydrobromic acid, bromine, and sodium nitrite in water gave 2-bromo-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine (798, 890). The diazotization of aminopyrazines to hydroxypyrazines has been described in Section VI. 1C, to alkoxy-pyrazines in Section V1.3C, and to oxopyrazines in Section V1.9A(5). 2-Amino-pyrazine with isopentyl nitrite in benzene gave 2-phenylpyrazine (45%) and some 2-isopentoxypyrazine and 2,2 -dipyrazinyl amino isomers (1211). 

The brominations of 2-amino-3-carboxypyrazine (804), 2-amino-5-bromo-3-carboxypyrazine (805, 806), and 2-amino-5-bromo-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine (807) to 2-amino-3,5-dibromopyrazine have been described in Section V.IB (2) nitrations of 2-amino-3-carboxy-5-chloro-6-ethylaminopyrazine to 2-amino-5-chloro-6-ethylamino-3-nitropyrazine (1181) and 2,6-diamino-3,5-dicarboxypyrazine... 

C-imino-C-methylthiomethyl)pyrazine refluxed in N hydrochloric acid gave 2-amino-3-(methylthio)carbonylpyrazine (1075) and 2-methoxy-6-(C-imino-C-methoxymethyOpyrazine (from 2sodium methoxide) acidified with hydrochloric acid gave 2-methoxy-6-methoxycarbonylpyrazine (986). 

Dimethoxy-2-methoxycarbonylpyrazine boiled with phosphoryl chloride and phosphorus pentachloride gave the acid chloride, which, treated with aqueous hydrazine, gave 2-hydrazinocarbonyl-3,5-dimethoxypyrazine (881). 2-Methoxy-3-methoxycarbonyl-5-methylpyrazine with methylmagnesium iodide in ether gave 3-(l -hydroxy-r-methylethyl)-2-methoxy-5-methylpyrazine (39) (844). Thebromi-nation of 2-amino-5-bromo-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine in 30% hydrobromic acid to 2-amino-3,5-dibromopyrazine has been described in Section V.IB (2) (807). 

Carboxypyrazine A -oxides have been prepared by hydrolysis of carbamoyl- and alkoxycarbonylpyrazine A(-oxides as follows (reagent and conditions) 2-carbamoyl-pyrazine 1-oxide (10% NaOH/reflux/12h) (838) 3-carbamoylpyrazine 1-oxide (10% NaOH/reflux/30 min) (1266, cf. 838) 3-A(-acetylcarbamoylpyrazine 1-oxide (10% NaOH/heat) (1057) 3-morpholinocarbonylpyrazine 1-oxide (18% HQ/reflux/ 8h) (870) 2-hydroxy-5-methoxycarbonylpyrazine 1-oxide 2.5N NaOH/20-25°/ 20min) (739) 3-hydroxy-5-methoxycarbonylpyrazine 1-oxide (KOH/22 /2h gave 3-carboxy-5-hydroxypyrazine 1-oxide, which interfered with the growth of Streptococcus faecium Escherichia coli at 6 x lO and 4 x 10" M, respectively) (1035) 2-amino-3-benzyloxycarbonyl-5-methyIpyrazine 1-oxide 2N NaOH/reflux/ 30min) (365c) and 2-amino-5-chloro-3-methoxycarbonylpyrazine 1-oxide 2.5N NaOH/heat) (876,1222). 

Acetoxylative deoxygenations are as follows. 3-Methoxycarbonylpyrazine 1-oxide refluxed with acetic anhydride for 30 hours gave 2-acetoxy-6-methoxy-carbonylpyrazine (838), but Novdcek et al. (839) claim that the product (prepared with acetic anhydride at 160°) after hydrolysis with water was 2-hydroxy-5( )-methoxycarbonylpyrazine and 2-amino-3-ethoxycarbonylpyrazine 1-oxide refluxed with acetic acid-acetic anhydride gave 3-acetamido-2-ethoxycarbonyl-5-hydroxypyrazine (538). 

Carbamoylpyrazine A-oxides are also prepared from the corresponding esters. 3-Methoxycarbonylpyrazine 1-oxide with ammonium hydroxide at reflux gave 3-carbamoylpyrazine 1-oxide (1266) and similarly with hydroxylamine gave 3-N-hydroxy carbamoylpyrazine 1-oxide (1266). 2-Amino-5-chloro-3-methoxycarbonyl-pyrazine 1-oxide with methylamine gave 2-amino-5-chloro-3-A-methylcarbamoyl-pyrazine 1-oxide (876). 

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