N-Aryl-2-nitrosoanilines as intermediates in the synthesis of substituted phenazines from nitroarenes

Autor: Adam Trawczyński, Karolina Stachowska, Zbigniew Wróbel, Andrzej Kwast
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Tetrahedron Letters. 52:6484-6488
ISSN: 0040-4039
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.09.113
Popis: N-Aryl-2-nitrosoanilines, available from the reaction of nitroarenes with anilide anions, undergo cyclization to furnish substituted phenazines. The reaction is promoted by potassium carbonate in methanol, N,O-bis(trimethylsilyl)acetamide (BSA) in aprotic solvents, and by acetic acid. The method is illustrated by the synthesis of 1-methoxyphenazine, a precursor of pyocyanine, starting from the appropriate nitroarene–aniline pairs.
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