Df. Hou et al., REACTION OF 2,3-DICHLORO-5,6-DICYANOPYRAZINE WITH ENAMINES AND SOME TERTIARY-AMINES, Journal of heterocyclic chemistry, 30(6), 1993, pp. 1571-1575
The reaction of 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanopyrazine (1) with enamines as
well as a few tertiary amines as enamine precursors was investigated.
Both reactions gave aminovinyl-substituted pyrazine derivatives. Durin
g the attempted purification of 3c or 3d by column chromatography on s
ilica gel, loro-5,6-dicyano-3-(1'-oxocyclopent-2'-yl)pyrazine (4) was
obtained, apparently by hydrolytic cleavage. The products prepared are
all of interest as potential pesticides.