First Synthesis of Double Headed 1,2,4‐Triazino[5,6‐b]indole Acyclo C‐Nucleosides

Heterocyclization of bis(2‐oxo‐indol‐3‐ylidene)‐galactaric acid hydrazide ( 3 ) with a variety of one‐nitrogen cyclizing agents gave the corresponding 1,4‐bis{1,2,4‐triazino[5,6‐b]indol‐3‐yl}‐galacto‐tetritols 4–8 . Acetylation of the latter double headed acyclo C‐nucleosides with acetic anhydride in the presence of pyridine at ambient temperature resulted in N‐ and O‐acetylation to give the corresponding 1,2,3,4‐tetra‐O‐acetyl‐1,4‐bis{1,2,4‐triazino[5,6‐b]indol‐3‐yl}‐galacto‐tetritols 9–13 which were found to exist in centro‐symmetric zigzag conformations 20 . The assigned structures were corroborated by ¹H, ¹³C NMR as well as mass spectra.