Pyrazines substituted

A similar chemistry to that described for (substituted) pyridine rhenium(V) oxo complexes is also observed for other heterocyclic nitrogen donor ligands such as pyrimidine, pyrazine, substituted imidazoles, benzimidazoles, or benzotriazole. ... 

Flament I., Sonnay P. and Ohloff G. (1979) Condensation des dihydropyrazines avec les composes carbonyles. Synthese de pyrazines substitutes et de 6,7-dihydro-5//-cyclopcnta[i]pyrazines. Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg. 88, 941-50. 

Pyrido[3,4-b]pyrazines substituted in the pyridine ring are available from the reactions of suitably substituted 3,4-diaminopyridines and the appropriate dicarbonyl compounds. No problems are encountered with diamines substituted with halogen or hydroxy groups. Similarly the pyridones 7 provide the oxo compounds 8 and 9. In contrast, 3,4-diamino-5-nitropyridine did not react with glyoxal, and only a low yield of 2,3-dimethyl-8-nitropyrido[3,4-b]pyrazine could be obtained using diacetyl. ... 

Table 6. Fe-MoBbauer data of pbthalocyaninato- and 2,3-naphthalo-cyaninatoiron(n) complexes with pyrazine, substituted [ azines, 4,4 -bipyridine, Mns-l,2-bis(4-pyridyl)-ethylene, l,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane, 4,4 -trilnethylene bipyridine...

Further evidence for the presence of two intact alanine residues in diabroticin B (2) was provided by acid hydrolysis (6N HCl/110 C/24 hr) followed by quantitative PTH and OPA amino acid analysis. Treatment of 2 with DMF-DMA resulted in formation of a bisdimethylamidine adduct (FABMS, miz 494 Da) as predicted. Confirmation of the 2,5-pyrazine substitution pattern in diabroticin A (1) and B (2) was facilitated by the unsymmetric nature of 2. Two chemically nonequivalent aromatic proton resonances were observed in the H NMR spectrum at 58.58 and 58.45 as 1.3 Hz doublets consistent with in mono-substituted pyrazines (6). 2-Methylp3rrazine and other mono-substituted pyrazines show long range coupling constants of J3.6 = 1.33-1.54 Hz, = 0.01-0.35 Hz and e/5-6=2.4-2.9 Hz. 

The use of polyfluoroalkyl substituents in positions 4 and 5 (compound 489), however, enabled a mechanistic pathway to pyrazine 490 substituted at positions 2 and 5, to be suggested (Scheme 92) Individual para-bonded species 491 and 492 have been isolated in this and other cases, and converted into the next component along the reaction pathway by photo or thermal reactions [260]. hi a case of 4,6-disubstituted pyridazine 493 only pyrazine substituted at positions 2 and 6 494 was observed. A very unusnal mechanistic pathway may be drawn from the structures of the isolated and characterised valence isomers (Scheme 92). This appears to be the first case where snbstitnent labelling has allowed each stage in a photochemical aromatic rearrangement to be identified through various intermediate valence isomers. 

Classic A/-heterocychc ligands, eg, bipyridyl (bipy), terpyridyl, imidazole, pyrazine, phenanthroline, piperazine (including alkyl- and aryl-substituted derivatives), and polypyrazol-l-yl-borates (bis, tris, and tetra), have all been found to coordinate Th(IV) chlorides, perchlorates, and nitrates. The tripodal hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borates, HBPz, have been used to stabilize organometaHic complexes (31). Bis-porphyrin Th(IV) "sandwich" complexes have been... 

Substitution of two carbon atoms of a benzene ring by tervalent nitrogen atoms may occur in three ways, giving rise to pyridazines (see Chapter 2.12), the pyrimidines (see Chapter 2.13) and the pyrazines, with the nitrogen atoms occupying a 1,2-, 1,3- or 1,4-disposition respectively. 

The precise numerical values of the calculated electron densities are unimportant, as the most important feature is the relative electron density thus, the electron density at the pyrazine carbon atom is similar to that at an a-position in pyridine and this is manifest in the comparable reactivities of these positions in the two rings. In the case of quinoxaline, electron densities at N-1 and C-2 are proportionately lower, with the highest electron density appearing at position 5(8), which is in line with the observation that electrophilic substitution occurs at this position. 

Table 1 Substituent Shielding Parameters in Substituted Pyrazines ...

Af-Oxidation of pyrazines appears to result in increased shielding of the a and a carbon resonances by 6-11 p.p.m., whereas the /3 and /3 carbon atoms are deshielded by 3-4 p.p.m., a trend similar to that observed with substituted pyridines. These results have been qualitatively explained in terms of resonance polar effects (80OMR(l3)l72). 

Electrophilic substitution reactions of unsubstituted quinoxaline or phenazine are unusual however, in view of the increased resonance possibilities in the transition states leading to the products one would predict that electrophilic substitution should be more facile than with pyrazine itself (c/. the relationship between pyridine and quinoline). In the case of quinoxaline, electron localization calculations (57JCS2521) indicate the highest electron density at positions 5 and 8 and substitution would be expected to occur at these positions. Nitration is only effected under forcing conditions, e.g. with concentrated nitric acid and oleum at 90 °C for 24 hours a 1.5% yield of 5-nitroquinoxaline (19) is obtained. The major product is 5,6-dinitroquinoxaline (20), formed in 24% yield. 

In the case of phenazine, substitution in the hetero ring is clearly not possible without complete disruption of the aromatic character of the molecule. Like pyrazine and quinoxa-line, phenazine is very resistant towards the usual electrophilic reagents employed in aromatic substitution reactions and substituted phenazines are generally prepared by a modification of one of the synthetic routes employed in their construction from monocyclic precursors. However, a limited range of substitution reactions has been reported. Thus, phenazine has been chlorinated in acid solution with molecular chlorine to yield the 1-chloro, 1,4-dichloro, 1,4,6-trichloro and 1,4,6,9-tetrachloro derivatives, whose gross structures have been proven by independent synthesis (53G327). 

Conflicting reports on the nitration of phenazine have appeared, but the situation was clarified by Albert and Duewell (47MI21400). The early work suggested that 1,3-dinitroph-enazine could be prepared in 66% yield under standard nitration conditions however, this proved to be a mixture of 1-nitrophenazine and 1,9-dinitrophenazine (24). As with pyrazines and quinoxalines, activating substituents in the benzenoid rings confer reactivity which is in accord with valence bond predictions thus, nitration of 2-methoxy- or 2-hydroxy-phenazine results in substitution at the 1-position. 

Broadly speaking, nucleophilic substitution may be divided into (a) the direct displacement of hydrogen and (b) the displacement of other substituents. Displacements of type (a) are rare and are typified by the Tschitschibabin reaction. Pyrazine reacts with NaNHa/NHs to yield 2-aminopyrazine, but no yield has been quoted (46USP2394963). Generally, the synthesis of aminopyrazines, aminoquinoxalines and aminophenazines is more readily accomplished by alternative methods, particularly displacement of halogen from the corresponding halo derivatives, which are themselves readily available. 

Substitution of the pyrazine ring by electron releasing substituents reduces the reactivity of halopyrazines and more forcing conditions must invariably be employed to bring about displacement of the halogen. 

Pyrazine and quinoxaline fV-oxides generally undergo similar reactions to their monoazine counterparts. In the case of pyridine fV-oxide the ring is activated both towards electrophilic and nucleophilic substitution reactions however, pyrazine fV-oxides are generally less susceptible to electrophilic attack and little work has been reported in this area. Nucleophilic activation generally appears to be more useful and a variety of nucleophilic substitution reactions have been exploited in the pyrazine, quinoxaline and phenazine series. 

In view of the known behaviour of pyrazines during nucleophilic substitution reactions, it comes as no surprise that anomalous reactions appear during nucleophilic substitution... 

Ring substituents show enhanced reactivity towards nucleophilic substitution, relative to the unoxidized systems, with substituents a to the fV-oxide showing greater reactivity than those in the /3-position. In the case of quinoxalines and phenazines the degree of labilization of a given substituent is dependent on whether the intermediate addition complex is stabilized by mesomeric interactions and this is easily predicted from valence bond considerations. 2-Chloropyrazine 1-oxide is readily converted into 2-hydroxypyrazine 1-oxide (l-hydroxy-2(l//)-pyrazinone) (55) on treatment with dilute aqueous sodium hydroxide (63G339), whereas both 2,3-dichloropyrazine and 3-chloropyrazine 1-oxide are stable under these conditions. This reaction is of particular importance in the preparation of pyrazine-based hydroxamic acids which have antibiotic properties. 

In those reactions where the fV-oxide group assists electrophilic or nucleophilic substitution reactions, and is not lost during the reaction, it is readily removed by a variety of reductive procedures and thus facilitates the synthesis of substituted derivatives of pyrazine, quinoxaline and phenazine. 

Pyrazinones and quinoxalinones both play important roles in the chemistry of pyrazines and quinoxalines respectively, in that they are usually available by direct synthesis and serve as important starting points for halo derivatives, which in turn lead to a range of substitution products (e.g. see Section 2.14.3.3). 

The cleavage of fused pyrazines represents an important method of synthesis of substituted pyrazines, particularly pyrazinecarboxylic acids. Pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid is usually prepared by the permanganate oxidation of either quinoxalines or phenazines. The pyrazine ring resembles the pyridine ring in its stability rather than the other diazines, pyridazine and pyrimidine. Fused systems such as pteridines may easily be converted under either acidic or basic conditions into pyrazine derivatives (Scheme 75). 

In a series of reactions with potassium amide in liquid ammonia, 6-chloropyrido[2,3-f)]pyrazine gave reduction and ring contraction (Section 2.15.13.3), the 6-bromo analogue underwent only reduction, whilst the 6-fluoro derivative gave only the 6-amino substitution product (79JHC305). 

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