Studies on the synthesis of spiroheterocycles and their derivatives using dimedone as synthetic precursor

Diarylidene ketones 1a–c, formed by the condensation of acetone with diverse appropriate aryl aldehydes undergo Micheal reaction with dimedone to afford the desired spiro compounds 2a–c. The spirodiarylidene derivatives 3a–l on cyclisation with hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine, hydroxyl amine, urea, thiourea and guanidine carbonate furnish the respective insitu oxidized pyrazole 4a–l, phenylpyrazole 5a–l, isoxazole 6a–l, pyrimidine 7a–l, aminopyrimidine 8a–l. The antibacterial activities of the synthesized compounds have been investigated against the gram negative Escherichia coli and gram positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus.     

Studies on Spiroheterocycles,Part II: Heterocyclization of the Spiro Compounds Containing Cyclohexanone and Thiobarbituric Acid with Different Bidentate Nucleophilic Reagents

The reaction of thiobarbituric acid with different diarylidene ketones 1a–c yields the spiro compounds 2a–c. The diarylidene derivatives 3a–c are synthesized by the condensation of spiro compounds 2a–c with different aldehydes. A series of spiro heterocycles compounds 4a–l, 5a–l, 6a–l, 7a–l, 8a–l, and 9a–l are synthesized from the diarylidene compounds. The structures of the compounds are ascertained from their analytical and spectral data. Some of the compounds are screened for their biological activities.     

Pyridine-2(1H)-thione in Heterocyclic Synthesis: Synthesis of Some New Nicotinic Acid Ester,Thieno[2, 3-b]pyridine,Pyrido[3′, 2′: 4, 5]thieno [3, 2-d]pyrimidine,and Thiazolylpyrazolo[3, 4-b]pyridine Derivatives

Nicotinic acid esters 3a–c were prepared by the reaction of pyridine-2(1H)-thione derivative 1 with α-halo-reagents 2a–c. Compounds 3a–c underwent cyclization to the corresponding thieno[2, 3-b]pyridines 4a–c via boiling in ethanol/piperidine solution. Compounds 4a–c condensed with dimethylformamide-dimethylacetal (DMF-DMA) to afford 3-{[(N,N-dimethylamino)methylene]amino}thieno[2, 3-b]- pyridine derivatives 6a–c. Moreover, compounds 4a–c and 6a–c reacted with different reagents and afforded the pyrido[3′,2′:4, 5]thieno[3, 2-d]pyrimidine derivatives 10a–d, 11a–c, 12a,b, 14a,b, 17, and 19. In addition, pyrazolo[3, 4-b]pyridine derivative 20 (formed via the reaction of 1 with hydrazine hydrate) reacted with ethylisothiocyanate yielded the thiourea derivative 21. Compound 21 reacted with α-halocarbonyl compounds to give the 3-[(3H-thiazol-2-ylidene)amino]-1H-pyrazolo[3, 4-b]pyridine derivatives 23a–c, 25, and 27a,b.     

Regioselectivity and regiospecificity of benzoxazinone (2-isopropyl-4H-3,1-benzoxazinone) derivatives toward nitrogen nucleophiles and evaluation of antimicrobial activity

A novel group of 6-iodoquinazolin-4(3H)-one derivatives was prepared. The reaction of the benzoxazinone 3 with various nitrogen nucleophiles such as formamide and hydrazine hydrate and also the reaction of the isopropylquinazolinone 4 with hydrazonyl chloride have been shown to proceed with a high degree of regioselectivity at C(2). Spiro heterocycles have been found to play fundamental roles in biological processes and have exhibited diversified biological activity and pharmacological and therapeutical properties; thus reaction of acetohydrazides 10a–c afforded the spiro compounds 11a–c. The acetohydrazide derivative 7 reacted with carbon electrophiles such as acetylacetone, ethyl acetoacetate, acid chlorides, and benzaldehyde to give some interesting heterocyclic compounds 12–16, respectively. The structures of all the synthesized compounds were inferred by infrared, ¹H NMR, and mass spectra as well as elemental analyses. The antimicrobial activities of some of the synthesized products were preliminarily evaluated.     

Synthesis of some novel pyrazolo[1,5-a]quinazolines and their fused derivatives

New pyrazolo[1,5-a]quinazoline-3-carbonitriles 4a,b were obtained via cyclocondensation of 5-amino-3-cyanomethyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonitrile (1) with enaminones of 1,3-cyclohexanedione derivatives 2a,b in refluxing glacial acetic acid. Condensation of compounds 4a,b with various aromatic aldehydes furnished the corresponding arylidene derivatives 6a–j. On the other hand, condensation of 4a,b with o-hydroxybenzaldehydes yielded the polyheterocyclic compounds 10a–h. Coupling of compounds 4a,b with aryldiazonium chlorides led to formation of 2-arylhydrazono derivatives 12a–h. Also, reaction of compounds 4a,b with phenyl isothiocyanate, followed by addition of ethyl chloroacetate and chloroacetonitrile, afforded the polyheterocyclic compounds based on pyrazolo[1,5-a]quinazoline core. The reaction of compounds 4a,b with phenyl isothiocyanate and elemental sulfur gave the thiazole-2-thione derivatives 25a,b. The reaction of enamines of compounds 4a,b with each of hydrazine hydrate and guanidine hydrochloride afforded pyrazolo[4″,3″:5′,6′]pyrido[4′,3′:3,4]pyrazolo[1,5-a]quinazolin-8-ones 30a,b and pyrimido[5″,4″:5′,6′]pyrido[4′,3′:3,4]pyrazolo[1,5-a]quinazolin-9(10H)-ones 33a,b, respectively. The structures of all the newly synthesized compounds were elucidated by elemental analyses and spectral data. The plausible mechanisms have been postulated to account for their formation.     

The Synthesis of Some Pyrazolyl- and Thiazolylthienopyridines

2-acetyl-3-amino-4,6-dimethylthieno[2,3-b]pyridine 1 reacted with dimethoxy-tetrahydrofuran in acetic acid and ethyl cyanoacetate in the presence of ammonium acetate or with NaNO₂ in the presence of an AcOH/HCl mixture to produce 2–4. Compound 2 reacted with aromatic aldehydes, semicarbazide hydrochloride, thiosemicarbazide, and phenyl hydrazine or with hydrazine hydrate to give compounds 5a–c and 11a–d, respectively.

Chalcone 5 reacted with hydrazines, hydroxylamine hydrochloride, or thiourea to produce compounds 6–9. Thiosemicarbazone 11b reacted with α -haloester to produce the corresponding thiazolidinone derivatives 12a, b ; also it reacted with ω -bromoacetophenone to give thiazoline derivatives 13a, b .     

5-Anthracenylidene and 5-(4-Benzyloxy-3-methoxy)benzylidene-hydantoin and 2-Thiohydantoin Derivatives,Synthesis, and S-Alkylation

Abstract

5-Anthracenylidene- and 5-(4-benzyloxy-3-methoxy)benzylidene-hydantoin and 2-thiohydantoin derivatives 3a-g were prepared by condensation of anthracene-9-carboxaldehyde and 4-benzyloxy-3-methoxybenzylaldehyde with hydantoin and 2-thiohydantoin derivatives. Compounds 3a, b, f undergo Mannich reaction with formaldehyde and morpholine to give the corresponding Mannich products 4a–c. For the synthesis of alkylmercaptohydantoin 5a–o, the potassium salt of compounds 3a, b, e, f were reacted with an alkylhalide, either methyl iodide, phenacyl bromide, ethyl bromo acetate, allyl bromide, or methallyl bromide, under stirring at room temperature to afford the alkylmercaptohydantoins 5a–o. Acid hydrolysis of compounds 5a–c afforded the corresponding arylidene-hydantoin derivatives 3c, d, g. 2-Methylmercapto-hydantoin derivatives 5a, c were reacted with some secondary amines such as morpholine or piperidine to afford 5-(4-benzyloxy-3-methoxy)benzylidene-2-morpholino- or piperidino glycocyamidine derivatives 7a, 5-anthracenylidene-2-morpholin-, or piperidino glycocyamidine derivatives 7b, c.

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Synthesis and biological evaluation of new 3,5-di(trifluoromethyl)-1,2,4-triazolesulfonylurea and thiourea derivatives as antidiabetic and antimicrobial agents

Fluorinated 1,2,4-triazoles 3 and benzenesulfonyl urea and thiourea derivatives as well as their cyclic sulfonylthioureas 4–10 were prepared as antimicrobial agents. The chemistry involves the condensation of sulfanilamide derivatives 1 with trifluoroacetic anhydride to give N-di(trifluoroacetyl)sulfonamides 2 which upon reaction with hydrazine hydrate afforded the corresponding triazole derivatives 3. Reaction of triazole derivative 3a with isocyanates and isothiocyanates gave the corresponding ureas 4 and thioureas 5. Cyclization of thiourea derivatives with ethyl bromoacetate, 1,2-diiodoethane, diethyl oxalate and α-bromoacetophenone derivatives yielded the corresponding 4-oxothiazolidines 7, thiazolidines 8, 4,5-dioxothiazolidines 9 and thiazolines 10. Preliminary biological screening of the prepared compounds revealed significant antimicrobial and mild antidiabetic activities.     

Synthesis of some heterocyclic compounds derived from indole as antimicrobial agents

Recently, indoles are considered interesting heterocyclic compounds due to their wide range of biological activities such as antimicrobial activity. Herein, some new indole derivatives containing heterocyclic moieties were synthesized using 3-chloro-1H-Indole-2-carbaldehyde (1) as a starting material, then allowed to react with compounds containing active methylene under Knoevenagel condensation and afforded the corresponding compounds (2, 3, 9). Also, the compound (1) when allowed to react with hydrazine derivatives gave the corresponding thiosemiccarbazone, semicarbazone, and hydrazone derivatives (4, 5, 6). Reaction of thiosemicarbazone derivatives with α-halognated carbonyl compounds gave the thiazolyl indole derivatives (10, 12a–b). Cyclic chalcones (11a–c) were obtained when compound (10) reacted with different aromatic aldehydes. The structures of all new synthesized compounds were confirmed on the basis of spectral analysis, IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and MS spectroscopy. All synthesized compounds were evaluated for their antimicrobial activity. Compounds (2, 5, 7, 8, 11a, 12a) showed high antibacterial activity and compounds (3, 6, 9, 10, 11a, 12a) showed high antifungal activity.     

Synthesis,antimicrobial and anticancer activities of some new N-methylsulphonyl and N-benzenesulphonyl-3-indolyl heterocycles: 1st Cancer Update

A series of 1-(N-methyl 2a–c and N-benzenesulphonyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-3-aryl-prop-2-ene-1-ones 3a–c were prepared and allowed to react with urea, thiourea or guanidine and gave the pyrimidine derivatives 4a–c to 9a–c. Base catalyzed reaction of 2a–c or 3a–c with ethyl acetoacetate gave cyclohexanone derivatives 10a–c and 11a–c, respectively. Reaction of the latter compounds with hydrazine hydrate afforded indazole derivatives 12a–c and 13a–c, respectively. On the other hand, condensation of 2c or 3c with some hydrazine derivatives namely, hydrazine hydrate, acetyl hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine and benzyl hydrazine hydrochloride gave pyrazole derivatives 14a,b-17a,b, respectively. Moreover, reaction of 2c or 3c with hydroxyl amine hydrochloride gave isoxazole derivatives 18a,b. The newly synthesized compounds were tested for their antimicrobial activity and showed that, compounds 14a, 14b, 15a and 15b were found to be the most active ones of all the tested compounds toward Salmonella typhimurium (ATCC 14,028) compared to the reference drug chloramphenicol. Eighteen new compounds namely, pyrimidin-2(1H)-ones 4a–c and 5a–c, pyrimidin-2(1H)-thiones 6a–c and 7a–c and pyrimidin-2-amines 8a–c and 9a–c were tested for their in vitro cytotoxicity against human liver carcinoma (HEPG2), human breast cancer (MCF7) and human colon cancer (HCT-116) cell lines and showed that, compounds 4c, 5c, 6c, 8c and 9c were found to be the highly active compounds compared to the reference drug doxorubicin.     

The Synthesis of Some New Quinazolone Derivatives of Potential Biological Activity

The refluxing of 3-amino-6,8-dibromo-2-thioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-quinazolin-4-one (5) with ethyl chloroformate and/or ethyl chloroacetate afforded compounds 6 and 7 . The reaction of 5 with ethyl bromobutyrate, chloroacetyl chloride, phenacyl chloride, and phenyl isocyanate yielded compounds 8 , 9 , 11 , and 12 . The coupling of 5 with (2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-α -D-gluopyranosyl)bromide( ABG ) in DMF at r.t. gave 3-amino-6,8-dibromo-2-(2′,3′,4′,6′-tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)thioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-quinazolin-4-one ( 14 ). The deblocking of 14 in sodium methoxide gave 5 . 3-Amino-6,8-dibromo-2-methylthio-3H-quinazolin-4-one ( 16 ) was prepared by stirring 5 with methyl iodide in methanol. The treatment of 16 with hydrazine hydrate afforded 4 . The condensation of 4 with aldehydes furnished 3,5-dibromo-2-arylaminobenzoic acid hydrazide ( 18a–c ). The refluxing of 18a with acetic anhydride gave 3-(benzylideneamino)-6,8-dibromo-2-methyl-3H-quinazolin-4-one ( 19 ). Hydrazones 20a–f were prepared by the condensation of 4 with pentoses and/or hexoses. The acetylation of ( 20a–f ) with acetic anhydride gave the acetyl derivatives 21a–f .     

Synthesis,characterization and antimicrobial study via new heterocyclic derivatives of trimethoprim

New compounds of trimethoprim heterocyclic derivatives were synthesized. These compounds were synthesized through the condensation reaction between trimethoprim with bromoacetic acid to yield compound 1. Several Schiff bases 2–7 have been synthesized by the condensation different aromatic aldehydes with compound 1. Compound 8 were formed from the reaction of sodium nitrite and acetyl acetone in presence of conc. hydrogen chloride to obtain the hydrazono derivative; then, Cyclocondensation of compound 8 with hydrazine hydrate, phenyl hydrazine and dinitrophenyl hydrazine respectively to yield compounds 9–11 in ethanol affording the pyrazoline derivatives. This work involves the synthesis of some 1,2,3-Triazoles derived from compound 1 by the action of sodium azide on the diazonium chloride salt to yield 5-azido-8-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzyl)imidazo[1,2-c]pyrimidin-3(2H)-one 12. Finally, by reaction of 12 with acetyl acetone and ethyacetoacetate; respectively in sodium ethoxide/ethanol as a solvent to form compounds 13, 14. The structures of the compounds 1–14 were characterized by elemental analysis, spectral data and antimicrobial evaluation of the some newly synthesized compounds and found that the synthesized compounds are active against tested Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli and Proteus.     

Synthesis of novel triazolothione,thiadiazole, triazole-functionalized furo/thieno[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives and their antimicrobial activity

A series of novel triazolothione, thiadiazole, triazole-functionalized furo/thieno[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives 9a–l, respectively, were prepared starting from 2 (1H) pyridone 3 through selective O/S-alkylation followed by Thorpe–Ziegler cyclization to form furo/thieno[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives 6. Compounds 6 on reaction with hydrazine hydrate resulted carbohydrazide derivatives 7 and further reacted with diverse substituted phenyl isothiocyanates to form phenyl hydrazine carbothiamide derivatives 8. Each compound 8 is independently reacted in presence of NaOH, H₂SO₄, and N₂H₄.H₂O to form triazolothione, thiadiazole, triazole-functionalized furo/thieno[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives 9a–l, respectively. All the products 9a–l were screened against Gram +ve, Gram –ve bacteria and fungal strains. Compounds 9c–h showed high activity against Bacillus subtilis microbial-type culture collection (MTCC) 121 at <8.0 micromolar concentration. Promising compounds further screened for minimum bactericidal concentration against B. subtilis MTCC 121 using ciprofloxacin as standard and found to show very good activity. These compounds also screened for biofilm inhibition activity against B. subtilis MTCC 121 using erythromycin as standard and confirmed the high activity.     

Synthesis and Reactions of Some New Heterocyclic Compounds Related to Pyrrolylthieno[2,3-d]pyrimidines and Thieno[2,3-d][4,5-d]dipyrimidines

Abstract

Condensation of ethyl-5-amino-2,4-diphenylthieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine-6-carboxylate (3a) with 2,5-dimethoxy tetrahydrofurane in acetic acid gives the corresponding 5-pyrrolyl derivative4, which in turn could be easily reacted with hydrazine hydrate in ethanol yielding the carbohydrazide derivative5. Reaction of5 with aromatic aldehydes, acetylacetone, carbon disulfide or phenylisothiocyanate gave pyrrolyl derivatives6,7,8,9 respectively. On the other hand, condensation of 5-(1-pyrrolyl)-6-acetyl-2,4-diphenylthieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine11 with benzaldehyde afforded the corresponding chalcone12, which on treatment with hydrazine hydrate, phenyl hydrazine, or thiourea gave the pyrazolinyl derivatives13,14 and pyrimidinyl derivative15, respectively. Furthermore some new pyrimidothienopyrimidne16,17a–d,19,20a–c were obtained using 5-amino-carboxamide3c as starting material.     

Utilization of 2-substituted 3, 1-benzoxazin-4-ones in synthesis of some quinazoline annulated derivatives

Abstract

In this study, a new series of quinazoline and their annulated derivatives have been synthesized. A number of quiazolinone derivatives substituted at position-3 were prepared from 3, 1-benzoxazinone by the treatment of 3,1-benzoxazinone with different nitrogen nucleophiles such as, hydrazine hydrate, phenylhydrazine, ethanolamine, and cyano acetohydrazide afforded the quinazolinone derivatives 7–11. The reaction of hydrazide derivative 5 with aromatic aldehydes gave the Schiff’s bases derivative 16a–c. Some of the synthesized compounds were tested against the breast cancer cell line (MCF-7). The structures of all the newly synthesized compounds were established based on IR, ¹H, ¹³C NMR, mass spectral data, and elemental analyses.     

STUDIES ON THIAZOLOPYRIDINES. PART 5: SYNTHESIS OF HITHERTO UNKNOWN THIAZOLINONE AND THIAZOLO[3,2-a]PYRIDINE DERIVATIVES HAVING IN THEIR STRUCTURE THE MORPHOLIN-4-YL MOIETY

Condensation of thiazolinone 1 with benzaldehydes 2a, b in ethanolic piperidine afforded the methylidene derivatives 3a, b. Cyclocondensation of compound 3b with malononitrile furnished the novel thiazolo[3,2-a]-pyridine 5. Also, compound 3b was condensed with dimethylformamide-dimethylacetal (DMF-DMA) and triethylortho-formate to yield N,N-dimethylamino 6 and ethoxymethylene 7 derivatives respectively. The novel thiazolo[3,2-a]pyridines 10a, b were obtained by cyclocondensation of compounds 3a, b with benzylidene-malononitriles 8a, b. Similarly, cyclocondensation of compound 3b with benzylidenemalononitrile 11 afforded the thiazolopyridines 12a–c. Ternary condensation of compound (12), 4-morpholinobenzaldehyde 2b and malononitrile (1:1:1 molar ratio) produced the thiazolopyridines 14a–c. When compound 10b was subjected to react with malononitrile in dioxane/piperidine under reflux the novel condensed heterocyclic system 18 was obtained. Treatment of ortho-aminocarbonitrile 10b with formic acid, aromatic aldehyde and triethylorthoformate furnished the thiazolo[2′,3′:1,6] pyrido[2,3-d] pyrimidine 20, azomethine 21a, b and ethoxymethylene 22 derivatives respectively. The structure of the synthesized compounds was established by analytical and spectral data.     

Synthesis and Reactions of Some New Thieno[2,3-C]pyridazine Derivatives

The alkylation of 4-cyano-5,6-dimethylpyridazin-3(2H)-thione 3 with some halo compounds gave the S-alkylated products 4a–c , which upon treatment with ethanolic sodium ethoxide afforded the cyclized thienopyridazines 5a–c as products. Pyridazothienotriazines 6a–c were prepared by the treatment of compounds 5a–c with nitrous acid, while their reaction with triethyl orthoformate and with carbon disulfide gave the corresponding pyrimidothienopyridazines 7a–c , and 8a–c , respectively. S-alkylated products 9a–o were obtained by the reaction of 8a–c with some halo compounds.     

Novel Syntheses and Reactions of Polynuclear Heterocyclic Derivatives Derived From Thioxopyridopyrimidine,With a New Ring System

Pyridopyrimidine derivatives 2 reacted with hydrazonoylchloride derivatives and yielded triazolopyridopyrimidines 6a–f. Compound 4b reacted with aliphatic acids and afforded triazolo-pyridopyrimidines 7a,b, and the reaction with carbon disulfide afforded 10-mercapto-triazolopyridopyrimidine (10). Moreover, the reaction of 4b with β -ketoesters afforded 10-pyrazolyl-pyridopyrimidines derivatives 11, 13, 14, and 15. Compound 4b reacted with nitrous acid to give tetrazolopyridopyrimidine 16, which reduced to 10-amino-derivative 17. On the other hand, the reaction of 4b with aromatic aldehydes afforded arylidines derivatives 18a–c, which were later cyclized to triazolo-pyridopyrimidines deivatives 19a–c. Finally, 4b reacted with α-haloketones to give triazines derivativrs 20, with new ring systems.     

Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of Some New 1,3-Diphenylpyrazoles Bearing Pyrimidine,Pyrimidinethione, Thiazolopyrimidine,Triazolopyrimidine, Thio-and Alkylthiotriazolop-Yrimidinone Moieties at the 4-Position

1,3-diphenyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxaldehyde (1) reacted with ethyl cyanoacetate and thiourea to give the pyrimidinethione derivative 2. The reaction of 2 with some alkylating agents gave the corresponding thioethers 3a–e and 7. Thione 2 was cyclized to 5 and 6 upon a reaction with chloroacetic acid and with benzaldehyde, respectively. Thioether 3c was cyclized to 4 upon boiling with sodium acetate in ethanol, and 7 was cyclized to 8 upon boiling in an acetic anhydride-pyridine mixture. The hydrazino derivative 9 was prepared either by boiling 2 and/or 3a with hydrazine. The reaction of 9 with nitrous acid, acetylacetone, triethyl orthoformate, acetic anhydride, and carbon disulfide gave 10–14. The alkylation of 14 with ethyl iodide, phenacyl bromide, and ethyl chloroacetate afforded the alkythiotriazolo pyrimidinone derivatives 15a–c. The dialkyl derivative 16 was produced upon the treatment of 2 with two equivalents of ethyl iodide. Boiling 16 with hydrazine afforded the hydrazino 17. The reaction of 17 with nitrous acid, carbon disulfide, ethyl cyanoacetate, ethyl acetoacetae, and phenacyl bromide gave 18–22, respectively. Some of the newly obtained compounds were tested for their antibacterial and antifungal activities.     

Synthesis,reactions, and antioxidant activity of 3-(pyrrol-1-yl)-4,6-dimethyl selenolo[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives

Ethyl 4,6-dimethyl-3-(pyrrol-1-yl) selenolo[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carboxylate (2) was synthesized by the reaction of previously prepared ethyl 3-amino-4,6-dimethyl selenolo[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carboxylate (1) with 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran in acetic acid. The pyrrolyl ester (2) was converted into the corresponding carbohydrazide 3 which reacted with acetyl acetone, aromatic aldehydes, carbon disulfide in pyridine, and sodium nitrite to afford the corresponding dimethyl pyrazolyl 4, arylidene carbohydrazides 5a–d, oxadiazolyl thiole 6, and caboazide compound 8, respectively. The carboazide 8 reacted with different alcohols and amines to give the corresponding carbamates 9a–c and the aryl urea derivatives 10a–d. Heating of carboazide 8 in dry xylene afforded the pyridoselenolo-pyrrolopyrazinone 11. The latter compound was used as a versatile starting precursor for synthesis of other pyridoselenolo-pyrrolopyrazine compounds. The newly synthesized compounds and their derivatives were characterized by elemental analysis and spectroscopy (IR, ¹H-NMR, and mass spectra). Some of the newly synthesized pyrrolyl selenolopyridine compounds showed remarkable antioxidant activity compared to ascorbic acid.