Synthetic Approach to 6-Benzoyl-2H-[1,2,4]triazine-3,5-dione and 6-Benzyl-5-thioxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-[1,2,4]triazin-3-one and Studies on Their Transformation to Fused[1,2,4]triazine Systems

Abstract

Reaction of phenylpyruvic acid with semicarbazide afforded 6-benzyl-2H-[1,2,4]triazine-3,5-dione ( 1 ) which upon oxidation with potassium dichromate furnished 6-benzoyl-2H-[1,2,4]triazine-3,5-dione ( 2 ) in good yield. Constructing pyrazolo[3,4-e][1,2,4]triazine system ( 4 ) was achieved by reacting 2 with arylhydrazines in ethanolic solution. However treatment of 2 with the less reactive heteroarylhydrazines gave only the corresponding hydrazones ( 3 ). Attempt for constructing 1,2,4,5,10-pentaaza-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohept-3-one ( 7 ) from 2 was failed and (benzoimidazol-2-yl) [1,2,4] triazine derivative ( 6 ) was the only product. Reaction of 1 with phosphorus pentasulphide afforded compounds 8 and 9 . Compound 8 was transformed to the hydrazino compound 14 , which led to the construction of triazolo[4,3-d] [1,2,4]triazine system. Thus compounds 15 and 16 were obtained by reacting 14 with carbon disulfide or acetic anhydride respectively. Attempt to couple 8 with chloroacetic acid failed, while it's known isomer 10 led to the formation of thiazolo [2,3-c] [1,2,4]triazine derivative ( 13 ). Simple theoretical calculation using AM1 and PM3 semiempirical Hamitonian provided rational ways to correlate the reactivity with structure proposed.