The Most Reactive Position of a 1,2,4-Triazine
1378 Vol. 35 (1987) Chem. Pharm. Bull. 35( 4 )1378-1382(1987) Studies on as-Triazine Derivatives. IX.1) Synthesis of 5-Substituted 1,2,4-Triazine Derivatives through an Addition Reaction and Subsequent Oxidation SHOETSU KONNO, SETSUYA OHBA, MATAICHI SAGI, and HIROSHI YAMANAKA* Pharmaceutical Institute, Tohoku University, Aobayama, Sendai 980, Japan (Received July 31, 1986) The addition reactions of various nucleophiles to 6-methyl-3-phenyl-1,2,4-triazine (1) were investigated and a practical preparation of 1 was developed. The reactions showed many similarities to those of quinazoline (at the 4-position) and acridine (at the 9-position). The hitherto unknown compounds 5-cyand- (3), 5-carbamoyl- (5) and 5-phenacy1-6-methyl-3-phenyl-1,2,4-triazines (11e) were synthesized. Keywords •\ 1,2,4-triazine; nucleophilic addition; aromatization; active methylene com- pound; catalytic reduction The most reactive position of a 1,2,4-triazine (as-triazine) ring is position 5, where nucleophiles can attack very easily.2) For example, 3,5,6-trichloro-as-triazine reacts with 1 mol eq of sodium methoxide to give 3,6-dichloro-5-methoxy-as-triazine exclusively.3) Further- more, the combined electron-attracting effects of three ring nitrogen atoms suggest posi- tion 5 to be highly susceptible to nucleophilic addition, when there is no leaving group at this position.4) The present paper deals with the synthesis of 5-substituted as-triazine derivatives from 6-methyl-3-phenyl-as-triazine (1). The reaction of 1 with nucleophiles came up to our expectation, as shown in Chart 1. Compound 1 reacted with sodium bisulfite in methanol to give 6-methy1-3-phenyl-2,5- dihydro-as-triazine-5-sulfonic acid (2).
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