Synthesis and properties of derivatives of symtriazine. 17. Synthesis of 2-methyl-4,6-disubstituted and 2,4-dimethyl-6-substituted sym-triazines by reduction of the corresponding trichloromethyl derivatives

The reduction of trichloromethyl groups in sym-triazine derivatives to methyl groups is studied. It is shown that 2-R-4, 6-bis (trichloromethyl)-sym-triazines can be reduced to 2-R-4, 6-dirnethyl-sym-triazines with zinc dust in ethanol or with lithium aluminum hydride in THF. 2-Amino, N-substituted 2-amino-, and 2-alkoxy-4-trichloromethyl-6-R-sym-triazines are reduced to the corresponding methyl derivatives by boiling with lithium aluminum hydride in dibutyl ether.I. M. Gubkin State Petroleum and Gas Academy, Moscow 117917. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 667–673, May, 1995. Original article submitted March 23, 1995.