Tetraazafulvalenes 1 rearrange in the presence of Montmorillonite-clay to give strongly fluorescent 1,4,5,8-tetraazanaphthalenes of type 2. This observation agrees with that reported for the cross-conjugated systeme of indigo, thus indicating a dyotropic rearrangement has taken place. Inclusion of the extended Ï-electron-systeme of 1 should facilitate this symmetry forbidden [Ï2+Ï2]-process. Based on these results, some reactions of heterofulvalenes and -fulvenes reported in the literature can now be explained by dyotropic rearrangements. The easy rearrangement of 1 in the presence of K10 and DMF opens the way for the synthesis of hard to obtain ring-fused pyrazines of type 2.
polyazaacenes is described starting from two different nucleophilic building blocks. Disubstituted oxalic amidines 1 can be cyclized under mild conditions with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanopyrazine (3) to yield 5,6-dihydropyrazino[2,3-b]pyrazines 4a–c. By employing higher temperatures and 2 equiv. of 3, octaazanaphthacene 6 can be isolated. Similarly, pyrazino[2,3-b]pyrazines 2 and bielectrophile 3 yielded novel