Quinoxalines XIV. Synthesis, H, C, N NMR spectroscopic, and quantum chemical study of 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]quinoxalines (flavazoles)

The synthesis of a series of 1H-pyrazolo3,4-b]quinoxalines (flavazoles) by acylation, alkylation, halogenation, and aminomethylation of the parent compound is reported and their structure is investigated by ¹H, ¹³C, and ¹⁵N NMR spectroscopy. The restricted rotation about the partial C, N double bond of the N-acyl derivatives 7-10 is studied by dynamic NMR spectroscopy and the barriers to rotation are determined. In order to assign unequivocally the ¹⁵N chemical shifts of N-4 and N-9, in case of 3-substituted flavazoles, exemplary the ¹H, ¹³C, and ¹⁵N NMR chemical shifts of 34, 35, and 39 are also theoretically calculated by quantum chemical methods ab initio at different levels of theory (HF/6-31G* and B3LYP/6-31G*)].