Quinoxaline addition reactions

Quinoxalines undergo facile addition reactions with nucleophilic reagents. The reaction of quinoxaline with allylmagnesium bromide gives, after hydrolysis of the initial adduct, 86% of 2,3-diallyl-l,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoxaline. Quinoxaline is more reactive to this nucleophile than related aza-heterocyclic compounds, and the observed order of reactivity is pyridine < quinoline isoquinoline < phenan-thridine acridine < quinoxaline. ... 

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... 

Quinoxalin-2(l//)-one 4-oxide undergoes addition reactions with phenyl isocyanate and benzyne. These reactions are supposed to proceed via cycloadducts. 

Alkyl and arylmagnesium halides react with 2-methylquinoxaline by addition of one mole of reactant to the 3,4-bond. After hydrolysis the 2-alkyl- or 2-aryl-l,2-dihydro-3-methylquinoxalines (52) are obtained. When ethylmagnesium bromide is used a dimeric by-product (53) is also isolatedReaction of 2,3-dimethylquinoxaline with benzonitrile and lithium amide gives l-amino-l-phenyl-2-(3-methyl-2-quinoxalinyl)-ethylene (54). The mono- and dilithium salts of 2,3-dimethylquinoxaline have been generated from the quinoxaline by reaction with one or two equivalents of lithium diisopropylamide (LiNPr, respectively. These salts have been reacted with a variety of electrophilic reagents such as alkyl halides, aryl ketones, esters, and nitriles. " ... 

Methyl- and 2,3-dimethylquinoxaline also undergo interesting addition reactions with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate. Addition of 2-methylquinoxaline to two molecules of the ester results in the formation of the isomeric azepino[l,2-a]quinoxalines 61 and 62. Addition is accom-... 

The metallation of diazines, in particular pyrazine and quinoxalines, is extremely difficult due to nucleophilic addition reactions related to the low LUMO energy levels of the rings. The functionalization of these rings was an important synthetic goal due to the many uses of the molecules. 

Diprotonated pyrimidines, quinoxalines, and quinazolines (HetAr +CH=CH2) have been reported to exhibit an unusual regioelectronic effect that controls the addition reaction thus, depending on the ring position of the vinyl substituent, either conjugate or Markovnikov addition occurs on reaction with benzene, giving rise to either HetArCH2CH2Ph or HetArCH(Ph)-Me. The mode of addition has been shown to correlate well to NBO calculated charges. ... 

Kim HS, Kurasawa Y, Yoshii C, Masuyama M, Takada A (1990b) Synthesis of pyirolo[l,2-a] quinoxalines by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. An additional reaction mechanism via an aziridine intermediate. J Heterocyclic Chem 27(4) 1115-1117. doi 10.1002/jhet.5570270457 Kim HS, Nam SH, Kurasawa Y (1990c) A selective synthesis of isoxazolo[2,3-u]quinoxalines and pyrrolo[l,2-a]qiiinoxalines by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. Taehan Hwahakhoe Chi 34 (5) 469-475. [CA 114, 101935 (1991)]... 

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. 

Four-membered heterocycles are easily formed via [2-I-2] cycloaddition reac tions [65] These cycloaddmon reactions normally represent multistep processes with dipolar or biradical intermediates The fact that heterocumulenes, like isocyanates, react with electron-deficient C=X systems is well-known [116] Via this route, (1 lactones are formed on addition of ketene derivatives to hexafluoroacetone [117, 118] The presence of a trifluoromethyl group adjacent to the C=N bond in quinoxalines, 1,4-benzoxazin-2-ones, l,2,4-triazm-5-ones, and l,2,4-tnazin-3,5-diones accelerates [2-I-2] photocycloaddition processes with ketenes and allenes [106] to yield the corresponding azetidine derivatives Starting from olefins, fluonnaied oxetanes are formed thermally and photochemically [119, 120] The reaction of 5//-l,2-azaphospholes with fluonnated ketones leads to [2-i-2j cycloadducts [121] (equation 27)... 

There is some debate in the literature as to the actual mechanism of the Beirut reaction. It is not clear which of the electrophilic nitrogens of BFO is the site of nucleophilic attack or if the reactive species is the dinitroso compound 10. In the case of the unsubstituted benzofurazan oxide (R = H), the product is the same regardless of which nitrogen undergoes the initial condensation step. When R 7 H, the nucleophilic addition step determines the structure of the product and, in fact, isomeric mixtures of quinoxaline-1,4-dioxides are often observed. One report suggests that N-3 of the more stable tautomer is the site of nucleophilic attack in accord with observed reaction products. However, a later study concludes that the product distribution can be best rationalized by invoking the ortho-dinitrosobenzene form 10 as the reactive intermediate. 

This chapter covers recent information on the preparation, physical properties, and reactions of quinoxaline and its C-alkyl, C-aryl, iV-alkyl, and A-aryl derivatives as well as their respective ring-reduced analogs. In addition, it includes methods for introducing alkyl or aryl groups (substituted or otherwise) into quinoxalines already bearing substituents and the reactions specific to the alkyl or aryl groups in such compounds. For simplicity, the term alkylquinoxaline in this chapter is intended to include alkyl-, alkenyl-, alkynyl-, and aralkylquinoxalines likewise, arylquino-xaline includes both aryl- and heteroarylquinoxalines. 

The Stille reaction featuring bromoquinoxaline 84 and vinylstannane delivered vinylquinoxaline 85. In addition, 85 was further manipulated to a 5-aminomethylquinoxaline-2,3-dione 86 as an AMPA receptor antagonist [47]. Pd-catalyzed nucleophilic substitution on the benzene ring has also been described [48]. Thus, transformation of 5,8-diiodoquinoxalines to quinoxaline-5,8-dimalononitriles with sodium malononitrile was promoted by PdCl2,(Ph3P)2. 

Lund and coworkers [131] pioneered the use of aromatic anion radicals as mediators in a study of the catalytic reduction of bromobenzene by the electrogenerated anion radical of chrysene. Other early investigations involved the catalytic reduction of 1-bromo- and 1-chlorobutane by the anion radicals of trans-stilhene and anthracene [132], of 1-chlorohexane and 6-chloro-l-hexene by the naphthalene anion radical [133], and of 1-chlorooctane by the phenanthrene anion radical [134]. Simonet and coworkers [135] pointed out that a catalytically formed alkyl radical can react with an aromatic anion radical to form an alkylated aromatic hydrocarbon. Additional, comparatively recent work has centered on electron transfer between aromatic anion radicals and l,2-dichloro-l,2-diphenylethane [136], on reductive coupling of tert-butyl bromide with azobenzene, quinoxaline, and anthracene [137], and on the reactions of aromatic anion radicals with substituted benzyl chlorides [138], with... 

Reduction of 2-amino-3-nitrodibenzothiophene in the presence of acetic acid yields the imidazole (109) and by conducting this reaction in the absence of acetic acid 2,3-diaminodibenzothiophene should be readily accessible. A similar reduction of 3-amino-4-nitrodibenzothio-phene yields 3,4-diaminodibenzothiophene (60%). In addition to the typical reactions described above for the 1,2-diamino compound, 3,4-diaminodibenzothiophene condenses with benzil to give the quinoxaline... 

The second class of benzo-fused heterocycles accessible from benzofuroxans are benzimidazole oxides. In this case only one carbon from the co-reactant is incorporated in the product. With primary nitroalkanes 2-substituted l-hydroxybenzimidazole-3-oxides (46) are formed via displacement of nitrite, and / -sulfones behave similarly. The nitrile group of a-cyanoacetamides is likewise eliminated to alford 2-amide derivatives (46 R = CONRjX and the corresponding esters are formed in addition to the expected quinoxaline dioxides from acetoacetate esters. Under similar conditions secondary nitroalkyl compounds afford 2,2-disubstituted 2//-benzimidazole-1,3-dioxides (47). Benzimidazoles can also result from reaction of benzofuroxans with phosphorus ylides <86T3631>, nitrones (85H(23)1625>, and diazo compounds <75TL3577>. 

Reactivity dealt with in the following sections is limited only to that of the heteroaromatic ring of pyrazines, quinoxalines, and phenazines, but exceptionally the reactivity on the benzo moiety of quinoxaline and phenazine is described in the Section 8.03.5.3. In general, any type of substitution reaction on quinoxaline and phenazine should be more facile than with pyrazine because of the resonance stabilization effect of the additional benzenoid ring on the transition states leading to the products. 

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