Polycyclic nitrogen compounds. Part II. Tricyclic quinoxalinones and their 4‐ or 6‐aza analogues

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1983-11
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Adegoke, E.A.
Alo, B.I.
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Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry
Abstract
1,2,3,3a‐Tetrahydro‐9‐nitropyrrolo[1,2‐α]quinoxalin‐4‐one and 7,8,9,10‐tetrahydro‐3‐nitropyrido[1,2‐α]quin‐oxalin‐6‐one (V‐VI) were reduced and deaminated to give new parent tricyclic quinoxalinone skeletons I‐II. The latter compounds were identical with the tricycles obtained by an unambiguous independent synthesis. New 6‐aza‐1,2,3,3a‐tetrahydropyrrolo[1,2‐α]quinoxalin‐4‐one (III) and 4‐aza‐7,8,9,10‐tetrahydropyrido[1,2‐α]‐quinoxalin‐6‐one (IV) were prepared by selective hydrogen transfer reductive cyclisation of esters of N‐(2‐nitro‐3‐pyridyl)pyrrolidine‐2‐carboxylic acid and N‐(2‐nitro‐3‐pyridyl)piperidine‐2‐carboxylic acid (Xb and XIb) respectively.
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Research Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Chemistry::Organic chemistry , tricyclic quinoxalinone , synthesis , esters , cyclisation
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Adegoke, E. A., & Alo, B. (1983). Polycyclic nitrogen compounds. Part II. Tricyclic quinoxalinones and their 4‐or 6‐aza analogues. Journal of heterocyclic chemistry, 20(6), 1509-1512.