| Abstract: | Pursuing our previous research on azaquinoxalinones (1,2-dihydropyrido2,3-b]/3,4-b]pyrazinones) we prepared, through a reductive cyclization of N-(3′-nitropyridin-2′-yl)piperidine-2-carboxylic acids 3a-c , a set of derivatives of a new tricyclic structure, 7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-5H-dipyrido1,2-a:3′,2′-e]pyrazin-6(6aH)-ones 4a-c. Starting from these compounds we obtained substituted amides 5a-c and, from 4a , the amidines 6a-c. In the synthesis of 6 , a dehydrogenation reaction occurred giving rise to 7. The compounds 9 and 10 , characterized by a different ring-fusion between the pyridine and pyrazine rings, were synthesized in a similar manner. |
