Reaction of quinoxaline with benzopyridines in acetic anhydrides in the presence of Zn dust

The reaction between quinoxaline and benzopyridine in acetic anhydride in the presence of zinc dust gives a quinoxaline anion and a benzopyridine N-acetyl radical, which recombine to give the previously unknown N-acetyl dihydrobenzo-pyridine derivative of 1,2-dihydroquinoxaline. Under these conditions, quinoxaline alone gives 1,4-diacetyl-1,4-dihydroquinoxaline and 1-acetyl-2-(1,2-dihydroquinoxalyl-2)-1,2-dihydroquinoxaline.Previous communication, [1].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 967–973, July, 1985.