Amination of 3,6-dinitro-1,8-naphthyridines

Treatment of 2-amino-3,6-dinitro-1,8-naphthyridines with liquid ammonia/potassium permanganate gives 2,4-diamino-3,6-dinitro-1,8-naphthyridine. From 2-ethoxy-3,6-dinitro-1,8-naphthyridine a mixture of 4-amino-and 5-amino-3,6-dinitro-1,8-naphthyridine was obtained. 2-Chloro-3,6-dinitro-1,8-naphthyridine afforded a mixture of four compounds i. e. 2,4- and 2,5-diamino-3,6-dinitro-1,8-naphthyridine and 2-chloro-5-amino-3,6-dinitro-1,8-naphthyridine and 2-amino-3,6-dinitro-1,8-naphthyridine. A study on covalent amination has shown that 4-amino-2-ethoxy-3,6-dinitro-1,8-naphthyridine undergoes covalent amination at C-5, whereupon in this adduct amino-deethoxylation takes place. In a similar way, 2-chloro- and 2-ethoxy-5-amino-3,6-dinitro-1,8-naphthyridine give covalent amination at C-4.