3.3- Dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2 -quinoxalinone

Benzenediamine (228) and diethyl dibromomalonate (229) gave ethyl 3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2-quinoxalinecarboxylate (230) (MeOH, 20°C, 24 h 40%)." The same substrate (228) with ethyl a-bromoisobutyrate gave 3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2(17i)-qumoxalinone (231) (Me2NCHO, NEtPr j, 110°C, 7 h 76%) or with methyl 2-bromo-2-phenylacetate gave 3-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2(l//)-quinoxalinone (232) (KI, K2CO2, AcMe, reflux, 12 h then oily product, MeONa, PhH, reflux, 7 h 89%). ... 

Recent examples of this synthesis are of two types. The first involves condensation of the activated phenol, 2-amino-4,6-dinitrophenol (346a) with 2-dimethyl-amino-3,3-dimethyl-3//-azirine (346b) (in MeCN, 0°C- 20°C, A, 24 h) to afford a separable mixture of four products, one of which was 2-dimethylamino-3,3-dimethyl-5,7-dinitro-3,4-dihydroquinoxaline (346c) ( 20% yield) and another its hydrolysis product, 3,3-dimethyl-5,7-dinitro-3,4-dihydro-2(l//)-quinoxalinone (346d) ( 8%) the mechanism of such condensations has been discussed. ... 

Only one procedure has been reported recently within this category. Thus 7-chloro-l-methyl-5-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-lH-benzodiazepin-2-one 4-oxide (437) with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate in methylene chloride at 20° C for 3 days gave a separable mixmre of the primary tricyclic adduct, dimethyl lO-chloro-6-oxo-llb-phenyl-5,6,7, 1 lb-tetrahydroisoxazolo[2,3-t/] [ l,4]benzodiazepine-1,2-dicarboxylate (438), and its rearrangement product, 6-chloro-4-(2-methoxalyl-2-methoxycarbonyl-l-phenylvinyl)-l-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2(lT0-quinoxalinone (439) each product afforded 6-chloro-l-methyl-2(l//)-quinoxalinone (440) on refluxing in ethanol (see also Section 1.7.13). However, the final quinoxaline (440) was best obtained in 75% yield) by simply heating the initial substrate (437) and dimethyl... 

As in the preceding subsection, l,2-bis(benzenesulfonylimino)-4,5-dimethyl-benzene (598) and 2-phenylthiazolo[3,2-fl]quinolinium-l-olate (599) in dichloromethane at 20°C during 15 min afforded l,4-bis(benzenesulfonyl)-6,7-dimethyl-3-phenyl-3-(quinolin-2-ylthio)-3,4-dihydro-2(l//)-quinoxalinone (600) in almost quantitative yield. " ... 

Ethoxycarbonylmethyl-2(l//)-quinoxalinone (62) gave 3-methoxycarbonyl-methylene-l,4-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2(l/ )-quinoxalinone (63) (CH2N2,... 

Chloro-2,2-dimethyl-3-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1 -quinoxalinecarbonyl chloride (89) gave 6-chloro-4-(3,5-dimethylpiperazin-l-yl)carbonyl-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2(177)-quinoxalinone (90) [substrate, EtPr N, CH2CI2 HN(CH2-CHMe)2NHi, 0°C 20°C, 17 h 54%] analogs likewise. " ... 

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