Modeling of 1,2,4,5-tetrazine complexes with organic amines

Tetrazine complexes with organic ligands have been modeled. The composition and structure of the model complexes agree with experimental data. The structure and nature of the complexes affect a number of chemical reactions of 1,2,4,5-tetrazines with organic amines. It is shown that the possibility and route of nucleophilic substitution in the 3 and 6 positions of the tetrazine ring are provided by amine localization in the tetrazine complex and also by the orbital characteristics of the reagents. The route and possibility of cycloaddition reactions for tetrazines are dictated by the ability of the latter to form π-complexes with reagents and by the orbital characteristics of the complexes. The route of the cycloaddition reaction is also affected by the solvent.