2-Amino-3-pyridiniopyrazine chloride

Chloro-3-hydroxy-5(and 6)-methylpyrazine with ammonium hydroxide, copper, and cupric chloride at 125° for 15 hours gave 2-amino-3-hydroxy-5(and 6)-methylpyrazine (373, 835), but 2-chloro-5-hydroxy-3,6-dimethylpyrazine was recovered unchanged after treatment with alcoholic ammonia under drastic conditions (312) and 2-chloro-3-hydroxy-5,6-diphenylpyrazine with pyridine and its hydrochloride at reflux gave the betaine (33) from 2-hydroxy-5,6-diphenyl-3-pyridiniopyrazine chloride (863). Replacement of the chloro substituent occurred... 

Amino-5-bromo-3-carbamoylpyrazine heated with trifluoroacetamide and sodium ethoxide (or butoxide) gave 6-ethoxy(or butoxy)-4-hydroxy-2-trifluoro-methylpteridine (49) (987) and 2-chloro-3-pyridiniopyrazine chloride with methoxide ion gave 2,3-dimethoxypyrazine (765). 2-Amino-3-bromo-5-phenyl-pyrazine with sodium methoxide in methanol at 134° for 8 hours formed 2-amino-3-methoxy-5-phenylpyrazine (365a) and 3-bromo-2-hydroxy-5-phenylpyrazine similarly treated gave 2-hydroxy-3-methoxy-5-phenylpyrazine (365a). 

Dicyano-3,6-dimethylpyrazine shaken with sodium ethoxide at room temperature for 10 hours produced 2-cyano-5-ethoxy-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (288). Bromination of 2-methoxy-3-sulfanilamidopyrazine (39) in methanol led to 5-(4 -amino-3, 5 -dibromobenzenesulfonimido)-6-hydroxy-2,3-dimethoxy-2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyrazine (32) which with 2 N sodium hydroxide gave 3-(4 -amino-3, 5 -dibromobenzenesulfonamido)-2-hydroxy-5 nethoxypyrazine (40) (816). The preparation of 2-amino-3,5-dicyano-6-methoxy(and ethoxy)pyrazine from a-(p-toluenesulfonyloxyiminomalononitrile and malononitrile has been described in Section II.7 (484). 2-Methoxycarbonyl(and cyano)-5-pyridiniopyrazine chloride (41) is reported (conditions not stated) to give 2-carboxy(and carbamoyl)-5-methoxypyrazine (765). 

Pyrazine 1-oxide and 3-amino- and 3-chloropyrazine 1-oxide with tosyl chloride in the presence of pyridine gave 2-pyridiniopyrazine chloride (14) and 2-amino- or 2-chloro-3-pyridiniopyrazine chloride, respectively and 3-methoxycarbonyl(or morpholinocarbonyl or cyano)pyrazine 1 -oxide treated similarly gave 2-methoxy-... 

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