Chemical properties of N-Benzoylimines of quinazoline,quinoxaline, and phthalazine

Reactions of 1-benzoylimino-4-phenylquinazolinium (I), 1-benzoylimino-3-phenylquinox-alinium (II), and 3-benzoylimino-1-phenylphthalazinium betaines (III) with nucleophiles (hydroxide and cyanide ions) and 1,3-dipolarophiles (acetylenic esters and maleimides) were investigated. Heating I in aqueous alkali gave 3-phenylindazole, while similar treatment of II and III resulted in the formation of 1-benzoylamino-2-oxo-3-phenylquinoxaline and 2-benzoylamino-1-oxo-4-phenylphthalazine, respectively. Reaction of II and III with cyanide ion afforded 2-cyano-3-phenylquinoxaline and 1-cyano-4-phenylphthalazine in high yields, respectively. 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition reactions of I and III with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate and ethyl propiolate afforded primary 1:1 cycloadducts, while the reaction of II with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate gave a product which is formed by ring opening of a primary adduct. The reaction of I-III with N-methyl and N-phenylmaleimides afforded the corresponding primary 1:1 cycloadducts in high yields, whose stereochemical assignment was made on the basis of nmr spectroscopy.