| Abstract: | Electrochemical reduction of 1]benzopyranno4,3-e]-as-triazinones gives 1,4-dihydro derivatives which can either rearrange into 4,4a-dihydro compounds or be reduced with ring contraction into benzopyranno-imidazolones. The reaction of Grignard reagents on benzopyrannotriazines leads to a reduction in –α position of the benzene ring (4,4a-dihydro). Electrochemical reduction gives the 1,4-dihydro derivative which rearrange into the 1,10a-dihydro compound. The 1,4-dihydro derivatives are reduced with triazine ring contraction to give benzopyrannoimidazoles. Dihydro-1,10a compounds can be reduced into imidazoles or into tetrahydro derivatives. |
