2- Hydroxy-6-isobutyl-3-isopropylpyrazine

Diazotization of 2-aminopyrazine with nitrous acid in dilute or concentrated sulfuric acid gave 2 hydroxypyrazine (to 67% yield) (86, 477, 720, 818). Many such conversions have been described, mostly using nitrosylsulfuric acid in concentrated sulfuric acid solution. Preparations of hydroxypyrazines from the aminopyrazines are summarized as follows 2-hydroxy-3-methylpyrazine (sodium nitrite in concentrated sulfuric acid-acetic acid) (681), 2Jiydroxy-3,5-dimethylpyrazine (aqueous nitrous acid, then at 60°) (524), 3-hydroxy-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (477), 2,5-diethyl-3-hydroxypyrazine (aqueous nitrous acid) (478), 2-hydroxy-6-phenyl-pyrazine (365a), 24iydroxy-3,5-diphenylpyrazine (nitrous acid in N hydrochloric acid) (524), 3-hydroxy-2,5-diphenylpyrazine (282), 2-s-butyl-3-hydroxy-5-isobutyl-pyrazine (93), 5TS-butyl-3 hydroxy-2-isobutylpyrazine (92, 536), 2,5-di-s-butyl-3-hydroxypyrazine (89, 720), 3-hydroxy-2-isobutyl-5-isopropylpyrazine (103, 525), 2,3-dihydroxypyrazine (from 2 amino-3-hydroxypyrazine) (757, 1055) and its... 

Hydroxypyrazine 1 oxide was reduced with hydrogen at atmospheric pressure over Raney nickel to 2-hydroxypyrazine (108) [but failed to react with phosphorus trichloride in chloroform (108)], and 3-hydroxy-2-isobutyl-5-isopropylpyrazine 1,4-dioxide was reduced with hydrogen over nickel to 3-hydroxy-2-isobutyl-5-isopropylpyrazine (740a). 2-(A -Anilino-yV-methylcarbamoyl)-4-methyl-3oxo-3,4-dihydropyrazine 1 oxide with sodium dithionite produced 3-(A -anilino-A -methyl-carbamoyl)- -methyl-2oxo-l, 2-dihydropyrazine (1137). 

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-... 

Chloro-3-isobutyl-6-isopropylpyrazine 1-oxide (109) gave l-hydroxy-3-isobutyl-6-isopropyl-2(l//)-pyrazinone (110) (KOH, H20—MeOH, reflux, 2 h 84%) 92 homologues likewise.1250... 

Boron tribromide in dry chloroform was used to convert 3-isobutyl-6-isopropyl-1-methoxy-2-oxo-l, 2-dihydropyrazine to 2-hydroxy-3-isobutyl-6-isopropylpyrazine 1-oxide, and 6-isobutyl-3-isopropyl-l-methoxy-2-oxo-l, 2-dihydropyrazine behaved similarly (740a). Ohta (843) reports the preparation of 2-hydroxy-3,6-diisobutyl-pyrazine 1-oxide from 3,6-diisobutyl-l-methoxy-2-oxo-l, 2-dihydropyrazine (as intermediate) and hydrogen iodide. 

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