7- Methyl-3-phenyl-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%). ... 

Only one procedure in this category emerged from the present survey. Thus treatment of 1,2-benzenediamine (372) with 3,3-bis(trifluoromethyl)-5-oxazolinone (373, R = H) in ethyl acetate containing a trace of acetic acid at room temperature for a short time afforded 2(l//)-quinoxalinone (374, R = H) in 92% yield 3-methyl- (374, R = Me), 3-isopropyl- (374, R = Pr"), 3-phenyl- (374, R = Ph), and 3-benzyl-2(l//)-quinoxalinone (374, R = CH2Ph) were made similarly in 60-80% yield. ... 

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... 

Ethyl 10-chloro-7-methyl-6-oxo-l lb-phenyl-5,6,7,1 lb-tetrahydroisoxazolo[2, 3- /][l,4]benzodiazepine-l-carboxylate (563) gave a separable mixture of 6-chloro-4-(2-ethoxycarbonyl-2-formyl-l-phenylvinyl)-l-methyl-3,4-dihy-dro-2(17/)-quinoxalinone (564), 4-(2-benzoyl-2-ethoxycarbonylvinyl)-6-chloro-1-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2(l//)-quinoxalinone (565), and 6-chloro-l-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2(l//)-quinoxalinone (567) (EtOH, reflux, 21 h 2%, 8%, and 20%, respectively, after separation structures 564 and 565 were... 

An analogous substrate, dimethyl 10-chloro-7-methyl-6-oxo-l lb-phenyl-5,6,7,1 lb-tetrahydroisoxazolo[2,3-d][l,4]benzodiazepine-l,2-dicarboxylate (566), gave not 567 but 6-chloro-l-methyl-2(l/7)-quinoxalinone (EtOH, reflux, 30 h -40%). ... 

Methyl-l-phenyl-2(17/)-quinoxalinone (226) and methyl methacrylate (227) gave the photoadduct, methyl l,2a-dimethyl-3-oxo-4-phenyl-2,2a,3,4-tetra-hydro-l//-azeto[l,2-fl]quinoxaline-l-carboxylate (228) as a separable mixture of two stereoisomers (CH2CI2, MeOH, hv, N2, <15 h 40% each) analogs likewise. " ... 

This category is represented in the facile reaction of o-phenylenediamine (408) with 4-benzoyl-5-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-2,3-thiophenedione (409) (in toluene at 20°C for 30 min) to afford 3-(a-benzoyl-p-mercaptostyryl)-2(l//)-quinoxalinone (410) in 98% yield 744 also in the complicated reaction of 3-methyl-2,2,4-trinitro-2,5-dihydrothiophene 1,1-dioxide (411) with 2 equiv of ethyl 4-aminobenzoate (412) (in acetonitrile but no further details) to give ethyl 2-(p-ethoxycarbonylphenyl)-3-(l-methyl-2-nitrovinyl)-6-quinoxalinecarboxylate (413) in 51% yield.831 Several... 

Methoxy-4-methyl-3-oxo-2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-5,8-quinoxalinequinone 6-Methoxy-1 -methyl-3-phcnyl-2(l //)-quinoxalinone... 

Quinoxaline 1-oxide (209) reacts with phenyl isocyanate to give 2-anilinoquinoxaline (210) together with 1,3-diphenyl-l-(2-quinoxalinyl)-urea (211) and cyclized oxidation product of the urea 212.215 2-Quinoxalinone 4-oxide (205) and its 1-methyl derivative undergo addition reactions, e.g., with phenyl isocyanate and benzyne to give compounds 214 and 216, respectively.216 These reactions are formulated as proceeding via the intermediate cycloadducts 213 and 215. Compound 216 has also been obtained by photolysis of 3-(o-hydroxy-phenyl)quinoxaline 1-oxide.51 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of quinoxaline... 

DMQPH = 6,7-dimethoxy-l-methyl-2(177j-quinoxalinone-3-proprionylcarboxylic acid hydrazide, HCPI = 2-(4-hydrazinocarbonylphenyl)-4,5-diphenyli-midazole, DBPM = 7V-[4 (6 dimethylamino-2-benzofuranyl)phenyl]maleimide, DNS-H = dansyl hydrazine, DBD H = 4 (AA -dimethylaminosulphonyl) 7-hydrazino-2,l,3-benzoxadiazole, DETBA = l,3-diethyl-2-thiobarbituric acid, DCIA = 7-dimethylamino-3- 4-[(iodoacetyl)amino]phenyl -4-methylcou marin, m-CED = 1, 2-bjs(3-chlorophenyl)ethylenediamine. 

Quinoxalinones have been suggested for the chromatography of keto acids [184,185]. They are produced by reaction with aromatic o-diamines, as shown in Scheme 4.21 (p. 77). A solution of 60 mmol of sublimed o-phenylenediamine in 100 ml of 10% acetic acid was mixed with a solution of 30 mmol of the keto acid in 30 ml of water. The precipitated quinoxalinone was filtered after 15 min, washed with water, dried and crystallized from methanol. Prior to the GC analysis proper, it had to be converted into a silyl derivative 5—50 /ul of about a 1% solution of quinoxalinone in dry pyridine was mixed with 20 jul of a pyridine solution of the internal standard (6-methyl-2-naphthol, p-nitrophenyl phenyl ether). A 200-/lz1 volume of BSA and 50 of pyridine were added. As the silylation proceeded very quickly, the reaction mixture could be injected immediately. 

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