Abstract: | Chlorination of ethyl(quinoxalin‐2(1H)one)‐3‐carboxylate 1 gave ethyl (2‐chloroquinoxaline)‐3‐carboxylate 2 ;thionation of 1 by P2S5 or 2 by thiourea yielded the same product 3 . Reaction of chloro compound 2 or thiocompound 3 with hydrazine hydrate gave pyrazolylquinoxaline 4 . The reaction of ester 1 with thiourea or hydrazine hydrate afforded pyrimido quinoxaline 5 or carbohydrazide 6 ; the reaction of 6 with carbon disulfide in basic medium followed by alkylation afforded oxadiazoloquinoxaline derivatives 7, 8a,b . Carboazide 9 was produced by reaction of 5 with nitrous acid. Compound 9 on heating in an inert solvent, with or without amines, in alcohols or hydrolysis in H2O undergoes Curtius rearrangments to yield 10‐13 . Reaction of 13 with thiosemicarbazide gave triazoloquinoxaline 14 which on reaction with alkylhalides or hydrazine hydrate yielded 15a‐c while hydrolysis of 13 gave 3‐aminoquinoxalinone 16 which was used as an intermediate to produce 17‐20 . |