3-Methyl-2 -quinoxalinone formylation

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... 

Note Although rare, passenger introduction of extranuclear C-formyl groups into quinoxaline is possible as exemplified here. 3-Methyl-2(177)-quinoxalinone (174) with terephthalaldehyde gave 3-p-formyl-... 

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